Meaning of FAPP | Babel Free

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Abbreviation of for all practical purposes.

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“Is it not good to know what follows from what, even if it is not necessary FAPP? Suppose for example that quantum mechanics were found to resist precise formulation. Suppose that when formulation beyond FAPP is attempted, we find an unmovable finger obstinately pointing outside the subject, to the mind of the observer, to the Hindu scriptures, to God, or even only Gravitation? Would that not be very, very interesting?"”

“Going beyond FAPP to interpret quantum theory is today a growth industry, and a contentious field, though a very small fraction of physicists are involved.”

“Newtonian physics works fine, FAPP, at the macroscopic level, say Rosenblum & Kuttner[…]”

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