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Title
Understanding quantum mechanics : the world according to modern quantum foundations / Detlef Dürr, Dustin Lazarovici.
Uniform Title
Verständliche Quantenmechanik. English
ISBN
9783030400682
3030400689
Publication Details
Cham : Springer, ©2020.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (247 pages)
Call Number
QC174.12
Dewey Decimal Classification
530.12
Summary
This book discusses the physical and mathematical foundations of modern quantum mechanics and three realistic quantum theories that John Stuart Bell called "theories without observers" because they do not merely speak about measurements but develop an objective picture of the physical world. These are Bohmian mechanics, the GRW collapse theory, and the Many Worlds theory. The book is ideal to accompany or supplement a lecture course on quantum mechanics, but also suited for self-study, particularly for those who have completed such a course but are left puzzled by the question: "What does the mathematical formalism, which I have so laboriously learned and applied, actually tell us about nature?
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Some Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics
The Measurement Problem
Chance in Physics
Bohmian Mechanics
Collapse Theory
The Many-Worlds Theory
The Measurement Process and Observables
Weak Measurements of Trajectories
Hidden Variables
Nonlocality
Relativistic Quantum Theory
Further Food for Thought
Epilogue.
