| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Part 1. Quantum Equilibrium -- Quantum Equilibrium and the Origin of Absolute Uncertainty -- Quantum Equilibrium and the Role of Operators as Observables in Quantum Theory -- Quantum Philosophy: The Flight from Reason in Science -- Introduction -- Part 2. Quantum Motion -- Seven Steps Towards the Classical World -- On the Quantum Probability Flux through Surfaces -- On the Weak Measurement of Velocity in Bohmian Mechanics -- Topological Factors Derived From Bohmian Mechanics -- Part 3. Quantum Relativity -- Hypersurface Bohm-Dirac Models -- Bohmian Mechanics and Quantum Field Theory -- Quantum Spacetime without Observers: Ontological Clarity and the Conceptual Foundations of Quantum Gravity -- Reality and the Role of the Wave Function in Quantum Theory |
| Summary |
It has often been claimed that without drastic conceptual innovations a genuine explanation of quantum interference effects and quantum randomness is impossible. This book concerns Bohmian mechanics, a simple particle theory that is a counterexample to such claims. The gentle introduction and other contributions collected here show how the phenomena of non-relativistic quantum mechanics, from Heisenberg's uncertainty principle to non-commuting observables, emerge from the Bohmian motion of particles, the natural particle motion associated with Schrödinger's equation. This book will be of value to all students and researchers in physics with an interest in the meaning of quantum theory as well as to philosophers of science |
| Analysis |
Physics |
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Quantum theory |
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Quantum Physics |
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Philosophy of Science |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
| In |
Springer eBooks |
| Subject |
Quantum theory -- Philosophy
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Quantum Theory
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SCIENCE -- Physics -- Quantum Theory.
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Physique.
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Astronomie.
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Quantum theory -- Philosophy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Goldstein, Sheldon, 1947-
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Zanghì, Nino
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| LC no. |
2012952411 |
| ISBN |
9783642306907 |
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364230690X |
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9783642306891 |
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3642306896 |
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