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The Quantum Principle:

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The Quantum Principle:

[Book]

Its Interpretation and Epistemology

by Jagdish Mehra.

Dordrecht

Springer Netherlands

1974

(139 pages)

1. Introduction --;2. The Copenhagen Interpretation --;3. Formal Problems of the Quantum Mechanical Scheme --;3.1. Formal Problems in Nonrelativistic Quantum Theory --;3.2. Formal Problems in Relativistic Quantum Theory --;4. Theory of Measurement and the Equation of Motion --;4.1. The Formal Scheme of Quantum Mechanics --;4.2. Quantum Theory as the Theory of Observations --;4.3. Quantum Theory without Quantum Jumps --;4.4. Indeterminate State Vector of the Apparatus --;5. Transition to the Macroscopic World --;5.1. Complementarity --;5.2. Statistical Description --;5.3. Probability in Quantum Physics --;5.4. Macrophysical Description --;5.5. Measurement as the Increase of Information --;5.6. Extension of Von Neumann's View --;5.7. Microphysics, Macrophysics and Dissipation --;6. Hidden Variables --;6.1. Substratum as a Solution of Divergences in Quantum Field Theory --;6.2. Von Neumann's Proof of the Nonexistence of Hidden Variables --;6.3. Bell's Local Hidden Variables --;6.4. The Hidden-Variable Model of Bohm and Bub --;7. The Notion of 'Reality' and the Epistemology of Quantum Mechanics --;7.1. Description of Reality --;7.2. The Complementary Description --;7.3. The 'Positivistic' Point of View or Two Kinds of Reality --;7.4. The Collectivistic-Materialistic View --;7.5. Can a System Be Isolated? --;8. Quantum Mechanics and the Explanation of Life --;8.1. The Mind-Body Problem --;8.2. Complementary Hierarchies --;8.3. The Totality View of Life --;8.4. Structure, Dissipation and Life --;8.5. Are We Machines? --;References and Notes.

This study deals with the development of, and the current discussion about, the interpretation of quantum mechanics. Since the early nineteen-fifties, Eugene Wigner has provided much of the point and counterpoint of the continuing discussion on the interpretation and epistemolo- gy of quantum mechanics.

Applied Physics.

Engineering & Applied Sciences.

Physics.

by Jagdish Mehra.

Jagdish Mehra

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