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The problem of relating the quantum mechanical description of atomic processes to the behaviour of matter in bulk is resolved in a conceptually simple treatment.
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GEORGE, C., PRIGOGINE, I. & ROSENFELD, L. The Macroscopic Level of Quantum Mechanics. Nature 240, 25–27 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/240025a0
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