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Quantum mechanics at the crossroads : new perspectives from history, philosophy and physics / James Evans, Alan S. Thorndike, [eds].
- Title
- 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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- Description
- x, 249 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- The frontiers collection, 1612-3018
- Uniform Title
- Frontiers collection
- The Frontiers Collection
- Subject
- 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