Quantum Reality
The Quest for the Real Meaning of Quantum Mechanics - a Game of Theories
(Sprache: Englisch)
Quantum mechanics is one of the most successful of scientific theories, but what does it actually mean? From Schrodinger's Cat to Many Worlds, Jim Baggott guides us through the many attempts to determine its meaning. Richard Feynman once declared that...
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Quantum mechanics is one of the most successful of scientific theories, but what does it actually mean? From Schrodinger's Cat to Many Worlds, Jim Baggott guides us through the many attempts to determine its meaning. Richard Feynman once declared that 'nobody understands quantum mechanics'. This book will tell you why.
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Quantum mechanics is an extraordinarily successful scientific theory. It is also completely mad. Although the theory quite obviously works, it leaves us chasing ghosts and phantoms; particles that are waves and waves that are particles; cats that are at once both alive and dead; and lots of seemingly spooky goings-on. But if we're prepared to be a little more specific about what we mean when we talk about 'reality' and a little more circumspect in the way we think a scientific theory might represent such a reality, then all the mystery goes away. This shows that the choice we face is actually a philosophical one. Here, Jim Baggott provides a quick but comprehensive introduction to quantum mechanics for the general reader, and explains what makes this theory so very different from the rest. He also explores the processes involved in developing scientific theories and explains how these lead to different philosophical positions, essential if we are to understand the nature of the great debate between Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein. Moving forwards, Baggott then provides a comprehensive guide to attempts to determine what the theory actually means, from the Copenhagen interpretation to many worlds and the multiverse.
Richard Feynman once declared that 'nobody understands quantum mechanics'. This book will tell you why.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Quantum Reality “
Preamble; Prologue: Why Didn't Somebody Tell Me About All This Before?; 1 The Complete Guide to Quantum Mechanics (Abridged); 2 Just What is This Thing Called 'Reality', Anyway?; 3 Sailing on the Sea of Representation; 4 When Einstein Came Down to Breakfast; 5 ...So Just Shut Up and Calculate; 6 ...But We Need to Reinterpret What it Says; 7 ...So We Need to Add Some Things; 8 ...So We Need to Add Some Other Thing; 9 ...Because We Need to Include My Mind (Or Should that be Your Mind?); 10 ...Because...Okay, I Give Up; Epilogue: I've Got a Very Bad Feeling About This; Acknowledgements; Endnotes; Bibliography
Autoren-Porträt von Jim Baggott
Baggott, Jim
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Jim Baggott
- 2020, 314 Seiten, Maße: 15,8 x 23,9 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- ISBN-10: 0198830157
- ISBN-13: 9780198830153
- Erscheinungsdatum: 22.06.2020
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
If you come to this book feeling that you do not really understand quantum mechanics, at least after reading this book you will know why. It makes a superb companion to 'Through Two Doors at Once: the elegant experiment that captures the enigma of our quantum reality'. Rick Marshall, Physics Education
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