Quantum sense and nonsense. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jean Bricmont.
• Authors: Bricmont, J (Jean)
• Contents: ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""1 What Are the Issues Raised by Quantum Mechanics?""; ""1.1 Historical Background*""; ""1.1.1 Pre-quantum Physics""; ""1.1.2 Quantum Physics""; ""1.2 Outline of the Book""; ""2 The First Mystery: Interference""; ""2.1 The Double-Slit Experiment""; ""2.2 Delayed Choices""; ""2.3 Summary""; ""3 ``Philosophical'' Intermezzo I: What Is Determinism?""; ""3.1 Definitions""; ""3.1.1 Determinism and Randomness""; ""3.1.2 Determinism and Predictability""; ""3.2 Determinism and Physics""; ""3.3 Determinism and Free Will""; ""3.4 Probabilities and Determinism"" ""3.4.1 The Law of Large Numbers*""""3.5 Summary""; ""4 How Do Physicists Deal with Interference?""; ""4.1 The Wave Function""; ""4.2 The Double-Slit Experiment""; ""4.3 Einstein's Early Worries""; ""4.4 Heisenberg's Inequality or ``Uncertainty Principle''""; ""4.5 Conclusions""; ""4.6 Summary""; ""5 Schrodinger's Cat and Hidden Variables""; ""5.1 The Problem of Schrodinger's Cat""; ""5.2 Hidden Variables""; ""5.3 A Deeper Problem: What There Is""; ""5.4 Conclusions""; ""5.5 Summary""; ""6 ``Philosophical'' Intermezzo II: What Is Wrong with ``Observations''?"" ""6.1 Realism Versus Idealism""""6.2 Scientific Realism and ``Observations''""; ""6.3 Realism and Quantum Mechanics""; ""6.4 Conclusions""; ""6.5 Summary""; ""7 The Second Mystery: Nonlocality""; ""7.1 Introduction""; ""7.2 Einstein's Boxes""; ""7.3 What Is Nonlocality?""; ""7.4 A Simple Proof of Nonlocality""; ""7.4.1 An Anthropomorphic Thought Experiment""; ""7.4.2 The Real Quantum Experiment""; ""7.5 The Meaning of the EPR-Bell Argument""; ""7.6 Applications of Quantum Mechanics and of EPR-Bell""; ""7.6.1 Quantum Cryptography""; ""7.6.2 Quantum Teleportation""; ""7.6.3 Quantum Computers"" ""7.7 The Trouble with Relativity*""""7.8 Summary""; ""8 How to Do ``The Impossible'', a Quantum Mechanics Without Observers: The de Broglieâ#x80;#x93;Bohm Theory""; ""8.1 Introduction""; ""8.2 The de Broglieâ#x80;#x93;Bohm Theory in a Nutshell""; ""8.3 How Do ``Measurements'' Work in the de Broglieâ#x80;#x93;Bohm Theory?""; ""8.3.1 ``Measurements'' of Velocities in the de Broglieâ#x80;#x93;Bohm Theory""; ""8.4 Things Not Discussed in Detail""; ""8.4.1 Why Isn't the de Broglieâ#x80;#x93;Bohm Theory Refuted by the No Hidden Variables Theorem?""; ""8.4.2 Where Does ``Randomness'' Come from in the de Broglieâ#x80;#x93;Bohm Theory?*"" ""8.4.3 What About the Collapse of the Wave Function?*""""8.5 Is It that Simple?*""; ""8.6 A Last Look at Traditional Questions""; ""8.6.1 So, Does God Play Dice After All?""; ""8.6.2 Is Quantum Mechanics Complete?""; ""8.7 Conclusion: The Merits of the de Broglieâ#x80;#x93;Bohm Theory""; ""8.8 Summary""; ""9 Many Worlds?""; ""9.1 Alternatives to the de Broglieâ#x80;#x93;Bohm Theory""; ""9.2 The Many-Worlds Interpretation""; ""9.3 Critique of the Many-Worlds Interpretation""; ""9.4 Summary""; ""10 A Revised History of Quantum Mechanics""; ""10.1 The Bohrâ#x80;#x93;Einstein Debate""
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 286 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 530.12; Popular works; Quantum theory; SCIENCE -- Energy; SCIENCE -- Mechanics -- General; SCIENCE -- Physics -- General; Quantum theory; Popular Science; Popular Science in Physics; Quantum Physics; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics; Philosophy of Science; Science -- Quantum Theory; Science -- Physics; Science -- Philosophy & Social Aspects; Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory); History of science; Philosophy of science; Science_xPhilosophy; Physics; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319652719; 3319652710
• Related ISBNs: 9783319652702; 3319652702
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 02, 2017).
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