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If Billiard-Balls Aren't, Then Neither is Anything Else ... Right?
Jan 17 2011, 6:58 PM EST | Post edited: Jan 17 2011, 6:58 PM EST
"It is generally supposed that distinctly quantum-mechanical effects do not show up on the macroscopic level. However, it is shown here that the uncertainty principle imposes a drastic limit on the predictability of the detailed motion of a collection of colliding hard spheres, or 'billiard balls.' "
[ How Determinate is the "Billiard Ball Universe"?
http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.1973895
(D.J.Raymond, 1967; American Journal of Physics; Feb. 1967; Vol. 35, Issue 2, pp. 102-103) ]
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1. RE: If Billiard-Balls Aren't, Then Neither is Anything Else ... Right?
Jan 29 2011, 11:55 PM EST | Post edited: Jan 29 2011, 11:55 PM EST
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