Hidden Worlds in Quantum Physics - Brossura

Gouesbet, Gerard

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ISBN 10: 0486499669 ISBN 13: 9780486499666

Casa editrice: Dover Pubns, 2014

Riassunto

Recent years have witnessed a resurgence in research and interest in the areas of quantum computation and entanglement. This book addresses the hidden worlds or variables of quantum physics. Author Gérard Gouesbet studied and worked with a former student of Louis de Broglie, a pioneer of quantum physics. His presentation emphasizes the history and philosophical foundations of physics, areas that will interest lay readers as well as professionals and advanced undergraduate and graduate students of quantum physics.
The introduction is succeeded by chapters offering background on relevant concepts in classical and quantum mechanics, a brief history of causal theories, and examinations of the double solution, pilot wave, and other hidden-variables theories. Additional topics include proofs of possibility and impossibility, contextuality, non-locality, classification of hidden-variables theories, and stochastic quantum mechanics. The final section discusses how to gain a genuine understanding of quantum mechanics and presents a refutation of certain hidden-variable theories, including pilot wave.

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L'autore:

Professor emeritus Gerard Gouesbet was affiliated with the National Institute for Applied Science of Rouen, France. He is a former student and teaching assistant of J. Winogradsky, who was a student of quantum physics pioneer Louis de Broglie.Jean Bricmont is a theoretical physicist, philosopher of science, and a Professor at the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium. Co-author of Fashionable Nonsense, he frequently collaborates with Noam Chomsky on campaigns for progressive causes.

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• Editore: Dover Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0486499669
• ISBN 13: 9780486499666
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 533