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John von Neumann and the Foundations of Quantum Physics (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2001)
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John von Neumann and the Foundations of Quantum Physics (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2001)
Series: Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook, 8
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John von Neumann (1903-1957) was undoubtedly one of the scientific
geniuses of the 20th century. The main fields to which he
contributed include various disciplines of pure and applied
mathematics, mathematical and theoretical physics, logic,
theoretical computer science, and computer architecture. Von
Neumann was also actively involved in politics and science
management and he had a major impact on US government decisions
during, and especially after, the Second World War. There exist
several popular books on his personality and various collections
focusing on his achievements in mathematics, computer science, and
economy. Strangely enough, to date no detailed appraisal of his
seminal contributions to the mathematical foundations of quantum
physics has appeared. Von Neumann's theory of measurement and his
critique of hidden variables became the touchstone of most debates
in the foundations of quantum mechanics. Today, his name also
figures most prominently in the mathematically rigorous branches of
contemporary quantum mechanics of large systems and quantum field
theory. And finally - as one of his last lectures, published in
this volume for the first time, shows - he considered the relation
of quantum logic and quantum mechanical probability as his most
important problem for the second half of the twentieth century. The
present volume embraces both historical and systematic analyses of
his methodology of mathematical physics, and of the various aspects
of his work in the foundations of quantum physics, such as theory
of measurement, quantum logic, and quantum mechanical entropy. The
volume is rounded off by previously unpublished letters and
lectures documenting von Neumann's thinking about quantum theory
after his 1932 Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics. The
general part of the Yearbook contains papers emerging from the
Institute's annual lecture series and reviews of important
publications of philosophy of science and its history.
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