Making Sense of Quantum Mechanics

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Beschreibung

This book explains, in simple terms, with a minimum of mathematics, why things can appear to be in two places at the same time, why correlations between simultaneous events occurring far apart cannot be explained by local mechanisms, and why, nevertheless, the quantum theory can be understood in terms of matter in motion. No need to worry, as some people do, whether a cat can be both dead and alive, whether the moon is there when nobody looks at it, or whether quantum systems need an observer to acquire definite properties. The author's inimitable and even humorous style makes the book a pleasure to read while bringing a new clarity to many of the longstanding puzzles of quantum physics.

Über den Autor

Jean Bricmont is a theoretical physicist and professor at the Université Catholique de Louvain. He works on statistical and mathematical physics. He is best known outside the academic world as the co-author, with Alan Sokal, of Fashionable Nonsense (also known as Intellectual Impostures), which criticizes abuses of scientific concepts by intellectuals and relativism in the philosophy of science.

Zusammenfassung

A much needed book by a leading figure in quantum foundations

Entertaining reading with a clear no-nonsense style

Accessible to all those with a basic grounding in quantum mechanics

Includes supplementary material: [...]

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Physicists in Wonderland.- The First Mystery: Interference and Superpositions.- ¿Philosophical¿ Intermezzo.- The Second Mystery: Nonlocality.- The de Broglie-Bohm Theory.- Are There any Alternative Theories?.- Revisiting the History of Quantum Mechanics.- Quantum Mechanics and Our "Culture".

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2018
Fachbereich:	Theoretische Physik
Genre:	Mathematik , Medizin , Naturwissenschaften , Physik , Technik
Rubrik:	Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	x 331 S. 1 s/w Illustr. 25 farbige Illustr. 331 p. 26 illus. 25 illus. in color.
ISBN-13:	9783319798561
ISBN-10:	3319798561
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Bricmont, Jean
Auflage:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st edition 2016
Hersteller:	Springer Springer International Publishing AG
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße:	235 x 155 x 19 mm
Von/Mit:	Jean Bricmont
Erscheinungsdatum:	30.03.2018
Gewicht:	0,522 kg