Foundations of Quantum Mechanics
Seiten
2021
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-79444-2 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-79444-2 (ISBN)
More than 100 years after quantum mechanics was introduced, the interpretation of the theory remains controversial. This Element introduces some of the most puzzling questions at the foundations of quantum mechanics and surveys the most prominent ways in which physicists and philosophers of physics have attempted to resolve them.
Quantum mechanics is an extraordinarily successful scientific theory. But more than 100 years after it was first introduced, the interpretation of the theory remains controversial. This Element introduces some of the most puzzling questions at the foundations of quantum mechanics and provides an up-to-date and forward-looking survey of the most prominent ways in which physicists and philosophers of physics have attempted to resolve them. Topics covered include nonlocality, contextuality, the reality of the wavefunction and the measurement problem. The discussion is supplemented with descriptions of some of the most important mathematical results from recent work in quantum foundations, including Bell's theorem, the Kochen-Specker theorem and the PBR theorem.
Quantum mechanics is an extraordinarily successful scientific theory. But more than 100 years after it was first introduced, the interpretation of the theory remains controversial. This Element introduces some of the most puzzling questions at the foundations of quantum mechanics and provides an up-to-date and forward-looking survey of the most prominent ways in which physicists and philosophers of physics have attempted to resolve them. Topics covered include nonlocality, contextuality, the reality of the wavefunction and the measurement problem. The discussion is supplemented with descriptions of some of the most important mathematical results from recent work in quantum foundations, including Bell's theorem, the Kochen-Specker theorem and the PBR theorem.
1. Introduction; 2. Preliminaries; 3. Non-locality; 4. Contextuality; 5. The measurement problem; 6. Further topics; 7. The future of quantum foundations.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 08.02.2021 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Elements in the Philosophy of Physics |
| Zusatzinfo | Worked examples or Exercises |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 150 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 130 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Quantenphysik | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-108-79444-0 / 1108794440 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-108-79444-2 / 9781108794442 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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