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Ideas for 'Against Coherence', 'Physics and Philosophy' and 'Reality is Not What it Seems'

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27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 2. Electrodynamics / b. Fields
17548 Maxwell introduced real fields, which transferred forces from point to point [Heisenberg]
20462 Because it is quantised, a field behaves like a set of packets of energy [Rovelli]
20463 There are about fifteen particles fields, plus a few force fields [Rovelli]
20464 The world consists of quantum fields, with elementary events happening in spacetime [Rovelli]
27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 2. Electrodynamics / c. Electrons
20460 Electrons are not waves, because their collisions are at a point, and not spread out [Rovelli]
20459 Electrons only exist when they interact, and their being is their combination of quantum leaps [Rovelli]
27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 2. Electrodynamics / d. Quantum mechanics
17533 Radiation interference needs waves, but radiation photoelectric effects needs particles [Heisenberg]
20466 Quantum Theory describes events and possible interactions - not how things are [Rovelli]
27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 4. Standard Model / a. Concept of matter
17532 An atom's stability after collisions needs explaining (which Newton's mechanics can't do) [Heisenberg]
17537 Position is complementary to velocity or momentum, so the whole system is indeterminate [Heisenberg]
17551 It was formerly assumed that electromagnetic waves could not be a reality in themselves [Heisenberg]
20465 Nature has three aspects: granularity, indeterminacy, and relations [Rovelli]