عنوان

Quantum mechanics and experience /

(Number (ISBN

0674020146

(Number (ISBN

0674741137

(Number (ISBN

9780674020146

(Number (ISBN

9780674741133

Erroneous ISBN

0674741129

Erroneous ISBN

9780674741126

Erroneous ISBN

9780674741133

Number

b739623

Title Proper

Quantum mechanics and experience /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

David Z Albert.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Cambridge, Mass. :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Harvard University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1992.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (x, 206 pages) :

Other Physical Details

illustrations

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-201) and index.

Text of Note

Contents -- Preface -- 1. Superposition -- 2. The Mathematical Formalism and the Standard Way of Thinking about It -- 3. Nonlocality -- 4. The Measurement Problem -- 5. The Collapse of the Wave Function -- 6. The Dynamics by Itself -- 7. Bohm�s Theory -- 8. Self-Measurement -- Appendix: The Kochen-Healy-Dieks Interpretations -- Bibliography -- Index

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"The more science tells us about the world, the stranger it looks. Ever since physics first penetrated the atom, early in this century, what it found there has stood as a radical and unanswered challenge to many of our most cherished conceptions of nature. It has literally been called into question since then whether or not there are always objective matters of fact about the whereabouts of subatomic particles, or about the locations of tables and chairs, or even about the very contents of our thoughts. A new kind of uncertainty has become a principle of science." "This book is an original and provocative investigation of that challenge, as well as a novel attempt at writing about science in a style that is simultaneously elementary and deep. It is a lucid and self-contained introduction to the foundations of quantum mechanics, accessible to anyone with a high school mathematics education, and at the same time a rigorous discussion of the most important recent advances in our understanding of that subject, some of which are due to the author himself." "For Albert, the problem of measurement is the central problem of quantum mechanics, and he devotes particular attention to various attempts to solve it - including theories of the collapse of the wave function, hidden-variable theories, and multiple-universe theories. The engaging style and the extraordinary clarity of this book will make it a welcome contribution to a field that has typically appeared a great deal more difficult and obscure than Albert shows it to be."--Jacket.

Text of Note

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.

Title

Quantum mechanics and experience.

International Standard Book Number

9780674741126

Physical measurements.

Quantum theory.

Filosofische aspecten.

Kwantummechanica.

Metrologie

Physical measurements.

Quantenmechanik

Quantenphysik

Quantum theory.

SCIENCE-- Physics-- General.

SCI-- 055000

SCI.

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Class number

System Code

Albert, David Z.

Date of Transaction

20201204003738.0

Cataloguing Rules (Descriptive Conventions))

pn

Electronic name

[Book]

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