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Quantum sense and nonsense

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Author(s): Bricmont, Jean
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2017

Language: English
Pages: 286
Tags: Popular works.;Philosophy and science.;Quantum physics.;Physics.;Popular Science.;Popular Science in Physics.;Quantum Physics.;History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.;Philosophy of Science.;Quantentheorie.;Populärwissenschaftliche Darstellung.;Quantenmechanik.

Content: What are the Issues raised by Quantum Mechanics?.- The First Mystery: Interference.- "Philosophical" Intermezzo I: What is Determinism?.- How do Physicists deal with Interference?.- Schroedinger's Cat and Hidden Variables.- "Philosophical" Intermezzo II: What is Wrong with "Observations"?.- The Second Mystery: Nonlocality.- How to do "The Impossible", a Quantum Mechanics without Observers: The de Broglie-Bohm Theory.- Many Worlds.- A Revised History of Quantum Mechanics.- The Cultural Impact of Quantum Mechanics.- Summary of the Main Theses of this Book.