PreClass_01 (email me your answers by 12 noon Thursday ... taylormp@hiram.edu)

Please provide brief answers to the following:

1) Describe classical reality as understood by a physicist in the latter part of the 19th century (i.e., the pre-quantum era).

2) Describe two experiments which seem to be at odds with the classical view of reality.

3) The so-called Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics (Nick Herbert's Quantum Reality #1 and #2) is often described as an anti-realism position. What is your understanding of this interpretation?

Everyone also needs to send me a specific question you had about the reading.