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1、BeyondtheQuantumThispageintentionallyleftblankBeyondtheQuantumEditorsTheoM.NieuwenhuizenInstituteforTheoreticalPhysics,UniversityofAmsterdam,theNetherlandsVáclavŠpiˇckaInstituteofPhysics,AcademyofSciences,theCzechRepublicBaharMehmaniInstituteforTheoreticalPhysics,Un
2、iversityofAmsterdam,theNetherlandsMaryamJ.AghdamiDepartmentofPhysics,SharifUniversity,IranAndreiYu.KhrennikovInternationalCenterforMathematicalModelinginPhysics,EngineeringandCognitiveScience,VäxjöUniversity,SwedenWorldScientificNEWJERSEY•LONDON•SINGAPORE•BEIJING•SH
3、ANGHAI•HONGKONG•TAIPEI•CHENNAIPublishedbyWorldScientificPublishingCo.Pte.Ltd.5TohTuckLink,Singapore596224USAoffice:27WarrenStreet,Suite401-402,Hackensack,NJ07601UKoffice:57SheltonStreet,CoventGarden,LondonWC2H9HEBritishLibraryCataloguing-in-PublicationDataAcatalogue
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6、quiredfromthepublisher.ISBN-13978-981-277-117-9ISBN-10981-277-117-4PrintedinSingapore.Rhaimie-BeyondtheQuantum.pmd17/23/2007,1:45PMJuly23,200712:0WSPC-ProceedingsTrimSize:9.75inx6.5inmastervPREFACEAcentenaryafterEinstein'sannusmirabilisitistimelytoreconsiderthefound
7、ationsofphysicaltheories.Quantummechanics,ourbesttheory,workswhereverithasbeenapplied,ineldsrangingfromthesolidstateandquantumchemistrytohighenergyphysicsandtheearlyUniverse.ItsmostmodernapplicationisQuantumStringTheory.Despiteallthesuccess,thereremainstheoldquesti
8、on:whatisthistheoryac-tuallystandsfor?Onthefoundationallevel,ithascomehardlymuchfurtherthantheFeynmanquoteobodyunderstandsquantummechani