| Foundations and Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics: In the Light of a Critical-Historical Analysis of the Problems and of a Synthesis of the Results Contributor(s): Auletta, Gennaro (Author), Parisi, Giorgio (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 9810240392 ISBN-13: 9789810240394 Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company OUR PRICE: $242.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2001 Annotation: "It is a tour de force that deserves to be treated as a definitive reference to the twentieth century's contribution to our understanding of quantum physics." Europhysics news, Sept/Oct 2001 "It is a comprehensive exposition of many different aspects of modern quantum mechanics I have found this book to be a very good reference for all these topics it can serve as a good overview of many different aspects of quantum mechanics at the postgraduate or advanced undergraduate level." " the reader of the book is presented with a most extensive panorama of interesting developments offering original and sometimes quite promising views in the quantum mechanical domain, and also, correlatively, that he is given an access to an exceptionally rich bibliography. These are elements of which it can reasonably be expected that they will substantially help and/or foster further researches." "The book by Auletta is remarkable because it offers the most complete and systematic review from the origins of the theory up to the present day We strongly recommend physicists and philosophers of science alike." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Physics - Quantum Theory |
| Dewey: 530.12 |
| Physical Information: 2.33" H x 7.96" W x 10.42" (4.94 lbs) 1016 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The aim of this book is twofold: to provide a comprehensive account of the foundations of the theory and to outline a theoretical and philosophical interpretation suggested from the results of the last twenty years.There is a need to provide an account of the foundations of the theory because recent experience has largely confirmed the theory and offered a wealth of new discoveries and possibilities. On the other side, the following results have generated a new basis for discussing the problem of the interpretation: the new developments in measurement theory; the experimental generation of "Schr dinger cats"; recent developments which allow, for the first time, the simultaneous measurement of complementary observables; quantum information processing, teleportation and computation.To accomplish this task, the book combines historical, systematic and thematic approaches. |