Quantum Future: From Volta and Como to Present and Beyond. Proceedings of Xth Max Born Symposium Held in Przesieka, Poland, 24-27 September 1997

by Philippe Blanchard (Editor), Arkadiusz Jadczyk (Editor)

Overview

This volume presents detailed discussions of a number of unsolved conceptual and technical issues arising, in particular, in the foundations of quantum theory and the philosophy of science. The 14 contributions capture a wide variety of viewpoints and backgrounds. Some chapters deal primarily with the main experimental issues; others focus on theoretical and philosophical questions. In addition, attempts are made to systematically analyze ways in which quantum physics can be connected to the neurosciences and consciousness research.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783540652182
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	03/19/1999
Series:	Lecture Notes in Physics , #517
Edition description:	1999
Pages:	246
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Continuous fuzzy measurements and visualization of a quantum transition.- Quantum jumps revisited: An overview of quantum trajectory theory.- Problems in objectizing.- Quantum chaos, algorithmic paradigm and irreversibility.- Objects, events and localization.- Observing the decoherence of the meter in a measurement: a variation on schrödinger’s cat experiment.- Toward the demolition of a computational quantum brain.- Decoherence: Concepts and examples.- Metrical quantization.- Against measurement? — On the concept of information.- On interpretation and decoherence.- Quantum ontology and mind-matter synthesis.- Time as an observable.- Quantum optics of a single atom.