Winter 2008 Advance Course Information

This information effective for winter 2008. Check with instructor the first day of class for any changes.

Physics

[PHYS-75]

75 The Observer in Quantum Mechanics

Instructor: Bruce Rosenblum
Office: 313 Natural Sciences 2
Phone: 9-2329
E-mail: brucero@ucsc.edu

Course Description

This is a 2-unit seminar that will meet once a week.

No previous physics background is assumed, but a certain level of scientific sophistication is assumed.

The discussion guide will be the book Quantum Enigma: Physics Encounters Consciousness, by Bruce Rosenblum and Fred Kuttner. (Bruce is the seminar instructor.) Other optional reading material will be suggested.

Considerable material related to the book can be found on the book’s website: www.quantumenigma.com. You can also see comments about the book at Amazon.com.

There will be no exams or substantial written papers. Evaluation will be based participation and occasional very brief submissions.

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