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The meaning of the wave function : in search of the ontology of quantum mechanics

Title
The meaning of the wave function : in search of the ontology of quantum mechanics / Shan Gao, Shanxi University.
Author
Gao, Shan, 1971-
Publication
  • Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
  • ©2017

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Description
x, 189 pages; 27 cm
Subject
  • Wave functions
  • Quantum theory > Philosophy
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Quantum mechanics and experience -- The wave function: ontic vs epistemic -- The nomological view -- Reality of the wave function -- Origin of the Schrödinger equation -- The ontology of quantum mechanics (I) -- The ontology of quantum mechanics (II) -- Implications for solving the measurement problem -- Quantum ontology and relativity.
ISBN
  • 9781107124356
  • 1107124352
LCCN
  • 2016043374
  • 99971935768
OCLC
  • ocn959922649
  • 959922649
  • SCSB-5887527
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