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This book provides an interdisciplinary perspective on one of the
most fascinating and important open questions in science: What is
quantum mechanics talking about? Quantum theory is perhaps our best
confirmed physical theory. However, despite its great empirical
effectiveness and the subsequent technological developments that it
gave rise to in the 20th century, from the interpretation of the
periodic table of elements to CD players, holograms and quantum
state teleportation, it stands even today without a universally
accepted interpretation. The novelty of the book comes from the
multiple viewpoints and subjects investigated by a group of
researchers from Europe and North and South America.
This book provides an interdisciplinary approach to one of the most
fascinating and important open questions in science: What is
quantum mechanics really talking about? In the last decades quantum
mechanics has given rise to a new quantum technological era, a
revolution taking place today especially within the field of
quantum information processing; which goes from quantum
teleportation and cryptography to quantum computation. Quantum
theory is probably our best confirmed physical theory. However, in
spite of its great empirical effectiveness it stands today still
without a universally accepted physical representation that allows
us to understand its relation to the world and reality.The novelty
of the book comes from the multiple perspectives put forward by top
researchers in quantum mechanics, from Europe as well as North and
South America, discussing the meaning and structure of the theory
of quanta. The book comprises in a balanced manner physical,
philosophical, logical and mathematical approaches to quantum
mechanics and quantum information. Going from quantum
superpositions and entanglement to dynamics and the problem of
identity; from quantum logic, computation and quasi-set theory to
the category approach and teleportation; from realism and
empiricism to operationalism and instrumentalism; the book
considers from different angles some of the most intriguing
questions in the field.From Buenos Aires to Brussels and Cagliari,
from Florence to Florianopolis, the interaction between different
groups is reflected in the many different articles. This book is
interesting not only to the specialists but also to the general
public attempting to get a grasp on some of the most fundamental
questions of present quantum physics.
This book provides a new original perspective on one of the most
fascinating and important open questions in science: What is
quantum mechanics talking about? Quantum theory is perhaps our best
confirmed physical theory. However, in spite of its great empirical
effectiveness and the subsequent technological developments that it
gave rise to in the 20th century, from the interpretation of the
periodic table of elements to CD players, holograms and quantum
state teleportation, it stands even today without a universally
accepted interpretation. The novelty of the book comes from the
multiple viewpoints and the original angles taken by a group of
young researchers from Europe and South America who gathered for
several years under the auspices of the Center Leo Apostel.Each
member of the group presented ideas concerning the interpretation
of quantum mechanics. We had discussions ranging from the
philosophical underpinnings of local realism and holism,
information and decision theoretic approaches to quantum theory all
the way to the many worlds interpretation. Strikingly, in much the
same way as different - and indeed incompatible observations are
needed to fully describe the physical state of affairs in quantum
mechanics - the various interpretations of the theory also seem to
shed viable, but not necessarily compatible, perspectives on
different aspects of the same grand framework. The discussions that
followed were both technical and lively, but perhaps their most
remarkable quality was the absence of rigid points of view that
unfortunately seems to paralyze so much of the discussion in this
area. This book is an expression which can be interesting not only
to the specialists but also for the general public attempting to
get a grasp on one of the still most fundamental questions of
present physics.
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