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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Giancarlo Ghirardi , Gerald MalsbaryPublisher: Princeton University Press Imprint: Princeton University Press Edition: Revised Edition Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.709kg ISBN: 9780691130378ISBN 10: 069113037 Pages: 512 Publication Date: 25 March 2007 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Language: English Table of Contents"Preface xi Acknowledgments xvii Chapter One: The Collapse of the ""Classical"" World View 1 Chapter Two: The Polarization of Light 25 Chapter Three: Quanta, Chance Events, and Indeterminism 43 Chapter Four: The Superposition Principle and the Conceptual Structure of the Theory 79 Chapter Five: Visualization and Scientific Progress 111 Chapter Six: The Interpretation of the Theory 120 Chapter Seven: The Bohr-Einstein Dialogue 149 Chapter Eight: A Bolt from the Blue: The Einstein-Podolski-Rosen Argument 165 Chapter Nine: Hidden Variables 195 Chapter Ten: Bell's Inequality and Nonlocality 226 Chapter Eleven: Nonlocality and Superluminal Signals 261 Chapter Twelve: Quantum Cryptography 292 Chapter Thirteen: Quantum Computers 313 Chapter Fourteen: Systems of Identical Particles 331 Chapter Fifteen: From Microscopic to Macroscopic 344 Chapter Sixteen: In Search of a Coherent Framework for All Physical Processes 377 Chapter Seventeen: Spontaneous Localization, Properties, and Perceptions 416 Chapter Eighteen: Macrorealism and Noninvasive Measurements 437 Chapter Nineteen: Conclusions 448 Notes 455 Bibliography 473 Index 477"ReviewsFrom the earliest days of the theory, confusion about its interpretation engendered a continuing series of debates... Ghirardi's book provides a careful, evenhanded and well thought-out introduction to this timely topic. -- Peter Woit American Scientist This is an excellent translation of a magnificent book... [T]he Italian physicist GianCarlo Ghirardi gives a non-technical and critical exposition of deep facts about the foundations of quantum mechanics. -- Adonai S. Sant' Anna Mathematical Reviews [A] sweeping treatment of one of the most unfathomable yet important scientific frameworks of our time. -- Cait Goldberg Science News This remarkable book provides a careful and nontechnical introduction to the fundamental epistemological questions of quantum mechanics... [I]t sets out with an in-depth discussion of the conceptual revolution brought about by the transition from a classical to a quantum description of the physical world... All in all a marvelous and thought provoking book by one of the leading scientists in the field. -- M. Kunzinger Monatschefte fur Mathematik A modern overview of the state of quantum theory... The breadth and depth are very impressive. Choice From the earliest days of the theory, confusion about its interpretation engendered a continuing series of debates... Ghirardi's book provides a careful, evenhanded and well thought-out introduction to this timely topic. -- Peter Woit American Scientist This is an excellent translation of a magnificent book... [T]he Italian physicist GianCarlo Ghirardi gives a non-technical and critical exposition of deep facts about the foundations of quantum mechanics. -- Adonai S. Sant' Anna Mathematical Reviews [A] sweeping treatment of one of the most unfathomable yet important scientific frameworks of our time. -- Cait Goldberg Science News This remarkable book provides a careful and nontechnical introduction to the fundamental epistemological questions of quantum mechanics... [I]t sets out with an in-depth discussion of the conceptual revolution brought about by the transition from a classical to a quantum description of the physical world... All in all a marvelous and thought provoking book by one of the leading scientists in the field. -- M. Kunzinger Monatschefte fur Mathematik A modern overview of the state of quantum theory... The breadth and depth are very impressive. Choice From the earliest days of the theory, confusion about its interpretation engendered a continuing series of debates... Ghirardi's book provides a careful, evenhanded and well thought-out introduction to this timely topic. --Peter Woit, American Scientist This is an excellent translation of a magnificent book... [T]he Italian physicist GianCarlo Ghirardi gives a non-technical and critical exposition of deep facts about the foundations of quantum mechanics. --Adonai S. Sant' Anna, Mathematical Reviews [A] sweeping treatment of one of the most unfathomable yet important scientific frameworks of our time. --Cait Goldberg, Science News A modern overview of the state of quantum theory... The breadth and depth are very impressive. --Choice This remarkable book provides a careful and nontechnical introduction to the fundamental epistemological questions of quantum mechanics... [I]t sets out with an in-depth discussion of the conceptual revolution brought about by the transition from a classical to a quantum description of the physical world... All in all a marvelous and thought provoking book by one of the leading scientists in the field. --M. Kunzinger, Monatschefte fur Mathematik From the earliest days of the theory, confusion about its interpretation engendered a continuing series of debates... Ghirardi's book provides a careful, evenhanded and well thought-out introduction to this timely topic. --Peter Woit, American Scientist This is an excellent translation of a magnificent book... [T]he Italian physicist GianCarlo Ghirardi gives a non-technical and critical exposition of deep facts about the foundations of quantum mechanics. --Adonai S. Sant' Anna, Mathematical Reviews [A] sweeping treatment of one of the most unfathomable yet important scientific frameworks of our time. --Cait Goldberg, Science News This remarkable book provides a careful and nontechnical introduction to the fundamental epistemological questions of quantum mechanics... [I]t sets out with an in-depth discussion of the conceptual revolution brought about by the transition from a classical to a quantum description of the physical world... All in all a marvelous and thought provoking book by one of the leading scientists in the field. --M. Kunzinger, Monatschefte f?r Mathematik A modern overview of the state of quantum theory... The breadth and depth are very impressive. --Choice From the earliest days of the theory, confusion about its interpretation engendered a continuing series of debates... Ghirardi's book provides a careful, evenhanded and well thought-out introduction to this timely topic. -- Peter Woit, American Scientist This is an excellent translation of a magnificent book... [T]he Italian physicist GianCarlo Ghirardi gives a non-technical and critical exposition of deep facts about the foundations of quantum mechanics. -- Adonai S. Sant' Anna, Mathematical Reviews [A] sweeping treatment of one of the most unfathomable yet important scientific frameworks of our time. -- Cait Goldberg, Science News This remarkable book provides a careful and nontechnical introduction to the fundamental epistemological questions of quantum mechanics... [I]t sets out with an in-depth discussion of the conceptual revolution brought about by the transition from a classical to a quantum description of the physical world... All in all a marvelous and thought provoking book by one of the leading scientists in the field. -- M. Kunzinger, Monatschefte fur Mathematik A modern overview of the state of quantum theory... The breadth and depth are very impressive. -- Choice Author InformationGianCarlo Ghirardi is Chair of the Department of Theoretical Physics at the University of Trieste, Consultant and member of the Academic Board of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, and a coauthor of Symmetry Principles in Quantum Physics. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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