World According To Quantum Mechanics, The: Why The Laws Of Physics Make Perfect Sense After All (Second Edition) (eBook)

Jaiswal Manu Jaiswal, Mohrhoff Ulrich Mohrhoff (Autoren)

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2018 | 2. Auflage
500 Seiten
World Scientific Publishing Company (Verlag)
978-981-327-371-9 (ISBN)

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'The authors should be recognised for their efforts to present a mathematically rigorous introduction to Quantum Mechanics (QM) in a form that has broad appeal; there are not many introductory QM texts that would cover, for example, decoherence. I think many educators would appreciate this book, especially those interested in courses that combine science and philosophy.'Contemporary PhysicsApart from providing a lucid introduction to the mathematical formalism and conceptual foundations of quantum mechanics, we explain why the laws of physics have the form that they do. In addition, we present a new and unique look at the quantum world, steering clear of two common errors: the error of the I -ontologists, who reify a calculational tool; and the error of the anti-realists, for whom physical theories are simply devices for expressing regularities among observations.The new edition of this acclaimed text adds around 200 pages on a variety of topics, such as how the founders sought to make sense of quantum mechanics, Kant's theory of science, QBism, Everettian quantum mechanics, de Broglie-Bohm theory, environmental decoherence, contextuality, nonlocality, and the paradox of subjectivity - the curious fact that the world seems to exist twice, once for us, in our minds, and once by itself, independently of us.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.10.2018
• Verlagsort: SG
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Quantenphysik
• ISBN-10: 981-327-371-2 / 9813273712
• ISBN-13: 978-981-327-371-9 / 9789813273719