The Oxford Handbook Of The History Of Quantum Interpretations

Author : Guido Bacciagaluppi,Olivier Darrigol,Olival Freire Jr
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 1311 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780198844495

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The Oxford Handbook of the History of Quantum Interpretations by Guido Bacciagaluppi,Olivier Darrigol,Olival Freire Jr Pdf

Crucial to most research in physics, as well as leading to the development of inventions such as the transistor and the laser, quantum mechanics approaches its centenary with an impressive record. However, the field has also long been the subject of ongoing debates about the foundations and interpretation of the theory, referred to as the quantum controversy. This Oxford Handbook offers a historical overview of the contrasts which have been at the heart of quantum physics for the last 100 years. Drawing on the wide-ranging expertise of several contributors working across physics, history, and philosophy, the handbook outlines the main theories and interpretations of quantum physics. It goes on to tackle the key controversies surrounding the field, touching on issues such as determinism, realism, locality, classicality, information, measurements, mathematical foundations, and the links between quantum theory and gravity. This engaging introduction is an essential guide for all those interested in the history of scientific controversies and history of quantum physics. It also provides a fascinating examination of the potential of quantum physics to influence new discoveries and advances in fields such quantum information and computing.

Author : Climério Paulo da Silva Neto
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2023-05-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783031297977

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Materializing the Foundations of Quantum Mechanics by Climério Paulo da Silva Neto Pdf

This book offers a history of the instrumentation used to materialize the early thought experiments devised in the Einstein-Bohr disputes over the foundations of quantum mechanics. It shows how the second world war and cold war fostered the development of materials, instruments, and systems that made it possible to create, manipulate, and detect single quantum systems, thus creating the material conditions for experiments in foundations of quantum mechanics and for a broad spectrum of experimental inquiries on the structure and properties of matter which underlay the creation of new research fields such as quantum optics, quantum information, and atomic, molecular, and optical physics. Discussing research and development performed in diverse contexts, this book reveals how physicists carried instruments, and the knowledge they embodied, through disciplinary and geographic frontiers to probe entanglement, a most intriguing feature of the quantum world.

Author : Max Jammer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 526 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1203438315

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The Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics by Max Jammer Pdf

Author : Roland Omnès
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 567 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2018-06-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780691187433

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The Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics by Roland Omnès Pdf

The interpretation of quantum mechanics has been controversial since the introduction of quantum theory in the 1920s. Although the Copenhagen interpretation is commonly accepted, its usual formulation suffers from some serious drawbacks. Based mainly on Bohr's concepts, the formulation assumes an independent and essential validity of classical concepts running in parallel with quantum ones, and leaves open the possibility of their ultimate conflict. In this book, Roland Omnès examines a number of recent advances, which, combined, lead to a consistent revision of the Copenhagen interpretation. His aim is to show how this interpretation can fit all present experiments, to weed out unnecessary or questionable assumptions, and to assess the domain of validity where the older statements apply. Drawing on the new contributions, The Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics offers a complete and self-contained treatment of interpretation (in nonrelativistic physics) in a manner accessible to both physicists and students. Although some "hard" results are included, the concepts and mathematical developments are maintained at an undergraduate level. This book enables readers to check every step, apply the techniques to new problems, and make sure that no paradox or obscurity can arise in the theory. In the conclusion, the author discusses various philosophical implications pertinent to the study of quantum mechanics.

Author : Jim Baggott
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2011-02-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780191604294

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The Quantum Story by Jim Baggott Pdf

The twentieth century was defined by physics. From the minds of the world's leading physicists there flowed a river of ideas that would transport mankind to the pinnacle of wonderment and to the very depths of human despair. This was a century that began with the certainties of absolute knowledge and ended with the knowledge of absolute uncertainty. It was a century in which physicists developed weapons with the capacity to destroy our reality, whilst at the same time denying us the possibility that we can ever properly comprehend it. Almost everything we think we know about the nature of our world comes from one theory of physics. This theory was discovered and refined in the first thirty years of the twentieth century and went on to become quite simply the most successful theory of physics ever devised. Its concepts underpin much of the twenty-first century technology that we have learned to take for granted. But its success has come at a price, for it has at the same time completely undermined our ability to make sense of the world at the level of its most fundamental constituents. Rejecting the fundamental elements of uncertainty and chance implied by quantum theory, Albert Einstein once famously declared that 'God does not play dice'. Niels Bohr claimed that anybody who is not shocked by the theory has not understood it. The charismatic American physicist Richard Feynman went further: he claimed that nobody understands it. This is quantum theory, and this book tells its story. Jim Baggott presents a celebration of this wonderful yet wholly disconcerting theory, with a history told in forty episodes — significant moments of truth or turning points in the theory's development. From its birth in the porcelain furnaces used to study black body radiation in 1900, to the promise of stimulating new quantum phenomena to be revealed by CERN's Large Hadron Collider over a hundred years later, this is the extraordinary story of the quantum world. Oxford Landmark Science books are 'must-read' classics of modern science writing which have crystallized big ideas, and shaped the way we think.

Author : Roland Omnès
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780691221922

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Understanding Quantum Mechanics by Roland Omnès Pdf

Here Roland Omnès offers a clear, up-to-date guide to the conceptual framework of quantum mechanics. In an area that has provoked much philosophical debate, Omnès has achieved high recognition for his Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics (Princeton 1994), a book for specialists. Now the author has transformed his own theory into a short and readable text that enables beginning students and experienced physicists, mathematicians, and philosophers to form a comprehensive picture of the field while learning about the most recent advances. This new book presents a more streamlined version of the Copenhagen interpretation, showing its logical consistency and completeness. The problem of measurement is a major area of inquiry, with the author surveying its history from Planck to Heisenberg before describing the consistent-histories interpretation. He draws upon the most recent research on the decoherence effect (related to the modern resolution of the famous Schrödinger's cat problem) and an exact formulation of the correspondence between quantum and particle physics (implying a derivation of classical determinism from quantum probabilism). Interpretation is organized with the help of a universal and sound language using so-called consistent histories. As a language and a method, it can now be shown to be free of ambiguity and it makes interpretation much clearer and closer to common sense.

Author : Michael Lieb,Emma Mason,Jonathan Roberts
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 742 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780191649189

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The Oxford Handbook of the Reception History of the Bible by Michael Lieb,Emma Mason,Jonathan Roberts Pdf

In recent decades, reception history has become an increasingly important and controversial topic of discussion in biblical studies. Rather than attempting to recover the original meaning of biblical texts, reception history focuses on exploring the history of interpretation. In doing so it locates the dominant historical-critical scholarly paradigm within the history of interpretation, rather than over and above it. At the same time, the breadth of material and hermeneutical issues that reception history engages with questions any narrow understanding of the history of the Bible and its effects on faith communities. The challenge that reception history faces is to explore tradition without either reducing its meaning to what faith communities think is important, or merely offering anthologies of interesting historical interpretations. This major new handbook addresses these matters by presenting reception history as an enterprise (not a method) that questions and understands tradition afresh. The Oxford Handbook of the Reception History of the Bible consciously allows for the interplay of the traditional and the new through a two-part structure. Part I comprises a set of essays surveying the outline, form, and content of twelve key biblical books that have been influential in the history of interpretation. Part II offers a series of in-depth case studies of the interpretation of particular key biblical passages or books with due regard for the specificity of their social, cultural or aesthetic context. These case studies span two millennia of interpretation by readers with widely differing perspectives. Some are at the level of a group response (from Gnostic readings of Genesis, to Post-Holocaust Jewish interpretations of Job); others examine individual approaches to texts (such as Augustine and Pelagius on Romans, or Gandhi on the Sermon on the Mount). Several chapters examine historical moments, such as the 1860 debate over Genesis and evolution, while others look to wider themes such as non-violence or millenarianism. Further chapters study in detail the works of popular figures who have used the Bible to provide inspiration for their creativity, from Dante and Handel, to Bob Dylan and Dan Brown.

Author : J. E. Baggott
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : STANFORD:36105001705024

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The Meaning of Quantum Theory by J. E. Baggott Pdf

Why is quantum theory so difficult to understand? In this book, written for both undergraduate and graduate students of chemistry and physics, the author looks at the continuing debate about the meaning of quantum theory. The historical development of the theory is traced from the turn of the century through to the 1930s, and the famous debate between Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein. The book examines in detail the arguments that quantum theory is incomplete, as made by Einstein, Boris Podolsky, and Nathan Rosen; the development of Bell's theorem; and crucial experimental tests performed in the early 1980s. Alternative interpretations -- pilot waves, quantum gravity, consciousness, and many worlds -- are described in the closing chapter. This is an ideal text for advanced undergraduate and graduate students of chemistry and physics, and for academic scientists not involved in mainstream quantum theory.

Author : A. V. Narlikar
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 641 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780198738169

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The Oxford Handbook of Small Superconductors by A. V. Narlikar Pdf

This handbook is about a remarkable set of materials that are technically referred to as mesoscopic superconductors, which for all practical purposes are tiny or small in their dimensions, ranging from a few micrometers down to a nanometer. At this level of smallness, the superconducting properties are dramatically changed, showing the dominance of quantum effects. Ground breaking research studies of small superconductors have emerged, and in a world obsessed with miniaturization of electronic device technology, small superconductors acquire even greater relevance and timeliness for the development of exciting novel quantum devices. The chapters, contributed by noted researchers and frontrunners in the field from 15 countries, are presented in three parts, namely progress in basic studies, materials specific research, and advances in nanodevices. The contents of the handbook should be of immediate interest to advanced level university students and researchers particularly in physics, materials science, nanoscience and engineering departments. Various reviews and overviews appearing in the book should answer the queries and curiosities of non-specialists interested in nanoscale superconductivity. At the start, the book carries an extended introduction for readers new to the field. The book should also appeal to scientists and engineers from electronic industries interested in knowing the current status of the theory, manufacture, and future of mesoscopic superconductors. In doing so, this volume offers the opportunity to engage with cutting edge research in one of the most exciting fields of physics today and tomorrow.

Author : James Edward Baggott
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Quantum chemistry
ISBN : 1383028524

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The Meaning of Quantum Theory by James Edward Baggott Pdf

In this book, written for students of chemistry and physics, the author looks at the continuing debate about the meaning of quantum theory. It traces the theory's historical development, examines the arguments that quantum theory is incomplete and discusses alternative interpretations.

Author : Gennaro Auletta
Publisher : World Scientific Publishing Company Incorporated
Page : 981 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Science
ISBN : 9810240392

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Foundations and Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics by Gennaro Auletta Pdf

"It is a tour de force that deserves to be treated as a definitive reference to the twentieth century's contribution to our understanding of quantum physics." Europhysics news, Sept/Oct 2001 "It is a comprehensive exposition of many different aspects of modern quantum mechanics I have found this book to be a very good reference for all these topics it can serve as a good overview of many different aspects of quantum mechanics at the postgraduate or advanced undergraduate level." Progress in Quantum Electronics, 2001 " the reader of the book is presented with a most extensive panorama of interesting developments offering original and sometimes quite promising views in the quantum mechanical domain, and also, correlatively, that he is given an access to an exceptionally rich bibliography. These are elements of which it can reasonably be expected that they will substantially help and/or foster further researches." Professor Bernard d'Espagnat Universiti de Paris XI "The book by Auletta is remarkable because it offers the most complete and systematic review from the origins of the theory up to the present day We strongly recommend physicists and philosophers of science alike." Foundations of Physics, Oct 2002

Author : Jacob Dunningham
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2011-08-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781444142204

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Quantum Theory: Bullet Guides by Jacob Dunningham Pdf

Open this book and you will Grasp quantum theory Understand its importance Examine paradoxes Explore the atom

Author : Gregg Jaeger
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2010-10-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 3642100708

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Entanglement, Information, and the Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics by Gregg Jaeger Pdf

Entanglement was initially thought by some to be an oddity restricted to the realm of thought experiments. However, Bell’s inequality delimiting local - havior and the experimental demonstration of its violation more than 25 years ago made it entirely clear that non-local properties of pure quantum states are more than an intellectual curiosity. Entanglement and non-locality are now understood to ?gure prominently in the microphysical world, a realm into which technology is rapidly hurtling. Information theory is also increasingly recognized by physicists and philosophers as intimately related to the foun- tions of mechanics. The clearest indicator of this relationship is that between quantum information and entanglement. To some degree, a deep relationship between information and mechanics in the quantum context was already there to be seen upon the introduction by Max Born and Wolfgang Pauli of the idea that the essence of pure quantum states lies in their provision of probabilities regarding the behavior of quantum systems, via what has come to be known as the Born rule. The signi?cance of the relationship between mechanics and information became even clearer with Leo Szilard’s analysis of James Clerk Maxwell’s infamous demon thought experiment. Here, in addition to examining both entanglement and quantum infor- tion and their relationship, I endeavor to critically assess the in?uence of the study of these subjects on the interpretation of quantum theory.

Author : Valerio Scarani
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2006-01-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780191606977

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Quantum Physics: A First Encounter by Valerio Scarani Pdf

Quantum physics is often perceived as a weird and abstract theory, which physicists must use in order to make correct predictions. But many recent experiments have shown that the weirdness of the theory simply mirrors the weirdness of phenomena: it is Nature itself, and not only our description of it, that behaves in an astonishing way. This book selects those, among these typical quantum phenomena, whose rigorous description requires neither the formalism, nor an important background in physics. The first part of the book deals with the phenomenon of single-particle interference, covering the historical questions of wave-particle duality, objective randomness and the boundary between the quantum and the classical world, but also the recent idea of quantum cryptography. The second part introduces the modern theme of entanglement, by presenting two-particle interference phenomena and discussing Bell's inequalities. A concise review of the main interpretations of quantum physics is provided.

Author : John S. Dryzek,Bonnie Honig,Anne Phillips
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 898 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2008-06-12
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199548439

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The Oxford Handbook of Political Theory by John S. Dryzek,Bonnie Honig,Anne Phillips Pdf

Oxford Handbooks of Political Science are the essential guide to the state of political science today. With engaging contributions from 51 major international scholars, the Oxford Handbook of Political Theory provides the key point of reference for anyone working in political theory and beyond.