Quantum physics without quantum philosophy

✍ Scribed by Dürr, Detlef; Goldstein, Sheldon; Zanghì, Nino

Publisher: Springer
Year: 2013
Tongue: English
Leaves: 303
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Quantum Equilibrium and the Origin of Absolute Uncertainty.- Quantum Equilibrium and the Role of Operators as Observables in Quantum Theory.- Quantum Philosophy: The Flight from Reason in Science.- Seven Steps Towards the Classical World.- On the Quantum Probability Flux Through Surfaces.- On the Weak Measurement of Velocity in Bohmian Mechanics.- Topological Factors Derived From Bohmian Mechanics.- Hypersurface Bohm-Dirac Models.- Bohmian Mechanics and Quantum Field Theory.- Quantum Spacetime Without Observers.- Reality and the Role of the Wave Function in Quantum Theory.

✦ Subjects

Quantum theory -- Philosophy.

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