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The Conceptual Foundations of Quantum Mechanics (Paperback)
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The Conceptual Foundations of Quantum Mechanics (Paperback)
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In this book Jeffrey A. Barrett provides an introduction to the
history and conceptual foundations of quantum mechanics. He begins
with a description of classical mechanics and a discussion of the
quantum phenomena that radically undermine our common-sense
classical intuitions about how the physical world works. He then
considers the physical and conceptual arguments that led to the
standard von Neumann-Dirac formulation of quantum mechanics and how
the standard theory explains quantum phenomena. This includes a
discussion of how the theory's two dynamical laws work with the
standard interpretation of states to explain determinate
measurement records, quantum statistics, interference effects,
entanglement, decoherence, and quantum nonlocality. A careful
understanding of how the standard theory works ultimately leads to
the quantum measurement problem. Barrett considers how this problem
threatens the logical consistency of the standard theory and then
turns to a discussion of the main proposals for resolving it. This
includes collapse formulations of quantum mechanics, the various
many-worlds theories, and Bohmian mechanics. In discussing
alternative formulations he pays particular attention to the
explanatory role played by each theory's empirical ontology and
associated metaphysical commitments, and the conceptual trade-offs
between theoretical options. The book is well-suited to those
interested in physics and the history and philosophy of quantum
mechanics.
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