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Quantum mechanics at the crossroads : new perspectives from history, philosophy and physics / James Evans, Alan S. Thorndike, [eds].

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Quantum mechanics at the crossroads : new perspectives from history, philosophy and physics / James Evans, Alan S. Thorndike, [eds].
Publication
Berlin ; New York : Springer, c2007.

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Additional Authors
  • Evans, James, 1948-
  • Thorndike, A. S. (Alan S.)
Description
x, 249 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
The frontiers collection, 1612-3018
Uniform Title
  • Frontiers collection
  • The Frontiers Collection
Subject
  • Quantum theory
  • Physics
  • Science > Philosophy
  • Physics > History
  • Quantum Physics
  • History of Physics
  • Philosophy of Science
  • Quantum Theory
Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction : contexts and challenges for quantum mechanics / James Evans -- Max Planck's compromises on the way to and from the absolute / J. L. Heilbron -- Atomic waves in private practice / Bruce R. Wheaton -- A complementary opposition : Louis de Broglie and Werner Heisenberg / Georges Lochak -- Schrödinger against particles and quantum jumps / Michel Bitbol -- Aspects of nonlocality in quantum mechanics / Abner Shimony -- Decoherence and the foundations of quantum mechanics / Maximilian Schlosshauer, Arthur Fine -- What are consistent histories? / Alan Thorndike -- Bose-Einstein condensation : identity crisis for indistinguishable particles / Wolfgang Ketterle -- Quantum fluctuations of light : a modern perspective on wave/particle duality / Howard Carmichael -- Quantum entanglement as a resource for communication / William K. Wootters -- The three cases of Doctor von Neumann / Roland Omnès.
ISBN
  • 9783540326632 (acid-free paper)
  • 3540326634 (acid-free paper)
LCCN
^^2006934045
OCLC
  • 76685594
  • SCSB-10345648
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library