Conceptual Foundations Of Quantum Mechanics: Second Edition

by Bernard D'espagnat

Overview

Conceptual Foundations of Quantum Mechanics provides a detailed view of the conceptual foundations and problems of quantum physics, and a clear and comprehensive account of the fundamental physical implications of the quantum formalism. This book deals with nonseparability, hidden variable theories, measurement theories and several related problems. Mathematical arguments are presented with an emphasis on simple but adequately representative cases. The conclusion incorporates a description of a set of relationships and concepts that could compose a legitimate view of the world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367091699
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/13/2019
Series:	Advanced Book Classics
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	348
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Bernard d'Espagnat, Emeritus Professor at the University of Paris, Orsay, was born in Fourmagnac, France, on August 22, 1921. He received his Ph.D. in physics from the Sorbonne in 1950. He was a research physicist at the French National Center for Scientific Research, at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Chicago, at the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen, and at CERN in Geneva. In 1959, d'Espagnat joined the University of Paris, where he was professor at both the Paris and Orsay campuses. Professor d'Espagnat was director of the Laboratoire de Physique Theorique et Particules Elementaires, Orsay, from 1970 to 1987. In 1996 he was elected into the Institut de France (Academie des Sciences morales et politiques) as a philosopher of science.

Table of Contents

Editor’s Foreword , 1999 Special Preface , Vita , Pedro’s Debate (Preface to Second Edition) , Preface (To First Edition) , Elements of Quantum Mechanics , Matter Waves , Superposition and Linearity , Statement of the Rules , Comments , Alternative Formulations , Density Matrices and Mixtures , The Density Matrix Formalism , Mixtures , Quantum Nonseparability , The Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Problem , Possible Views on Nonseparability , Individuals, Ensembles, States , The “Hidden Variables” Approach , Direct Study of Some Principles , Aspects of the Problem of Retrodiction , Measurement Theories , Elements of Measurement Theory , Classical Properties , Macroscopic Instruments , Of Cats and Pointers , Nonideal Measurements: Small Influence of Outside World , Knowledge and the Physical World , Reality and Objects , Positivism , Bohr and Heisenberg , Wigner’s Friend , The Relativity of States , Summary and Outlook , Summary , Outlook

Editorial Reviews

Deals with the elementary tools of quantum theory, nonseparability, hidden variable theories, measurement theories, objectivism, positivism, and Bohr's and Heisenberg's ideas. The present edition is a reprint of the 1988 second edition, which was itself a re-issuing of the original edition, now dating back 23 years. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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