Meir Hemmo: Probability in Physics

Cover: 9783642436925 | Probability in Physics | Meir Hemmo (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | xii | 2014

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Beschreibung

What is the role and meaning of probability in physical theory, in particular in two of the most successful theories of our age, quantum physics and statistical mechanics? Laws once conceived as universal and deterministic, such as Newton¿s laws of motion, or the second law of thermodynamics, are replaced in these theories by inherently probabilistic laws. This collection of essays by some of the world¿s foremost experts presents an in-depth analysis of the meaning of probability in contemporary physics. Among the questions addressed are: How are probabilities defined? Are they objective or subjective? What is their explanatory value? What are the differences between quantum and classical probabilities? The result is an informative and thought-provoking book for the scientifically inquisitive.

Über den Autor

Yemima Ben-Menahem is professor of philosophy at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She has written extensively on the philosophy of science and is author of Conventionalism (Cambridge University Press).

Meir Hemmo is associate professor of philosophy at the University of Haifa. He has written extensively on the foundations of quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics and is co-author (with Orly Shenker) of The Road to Maxwell's Demon (forthcoming in Cambridge University of Press).

Zusammenfassung

Presents the views of twenty eminent physicists on fundamental questions of probability

Demonstrates the central role of probability in our best physical theories

Presents historical background and new ideas on longstanding questions

Treats philosophical aspects such as the status of natural laws in general

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.- Physics and Chance.- Typicality and the Role of the Lebesgue Measure in Statistical Mechanics.- Typicality and Notions of Probability in Physics.- Deterministic Laws and Epistemic Chances.- Measures over Initial Conditions.- A New Approach to the Approach to Equilibrium.- Revising Statistical Mechanics - Probability, Typicality and Closure Time.- How Many Maxwell's Demons and Where?.- Locality and Determinism: the Odd Couple.- Why the Tsirelson Bound?.- Three Attempts at Two Axioms for Quantum Mechanics.- Generalized Probability Measures and the Framework of Effects.- Infinitely Challenging: Pitowsky's Subjective Interpretation and the Physics of Infinite Systems.- Bayesian Conditioning, the Reflection Principle, and Quantum Decoherence.- The World According to de Finetti.- Four and a Half Axioms for Finite-Dimensional Quantum Probability.- Probability in the Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics.

Erscheinungsjahr:	2014
Fachbereich:	Theoretische Physik
Genre:	Mathematik , Medizin , Naturwissenschaften , Physik , Technik
Rubrik:	Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	xii 324 S.
ISBN-13:	9783642436925
ISBN-10:	3642436927
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Redaktion:	Hemmo, Meir Ben-Menahem, Yemima
Herausgeber:	Yemima Ben-Menahem/Meir Hemmo
Hersteller:	Springer-Verlag GmbH Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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:	Meir Hemmo (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	22.02.2014
Gewicht:	0,511 kg

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