Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics - Couverture souple

Mittelstaedt, Peter

 
9780521602815: Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0521602815 ISBN 13 : 9780521602815
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

The main theme of this book is the idea that quantum mechanics is valid not only for microscopic objects but also for the macroscopic apparatus used for quantum mechanical measurements. The author demonstrates the intimate relations that exist between quantum mechanics and its interpretation which are induced by the quantum mechanical measurement process. Consequently, the book is concerned both with the philosophical, metatheoretical problems of interpretations and with the more formal problems of quantum object theory. The consequences of this approach turn out to be partly very promising and partly rather disappointing. On the one hand, it is possible to give a rigorous justification of some important parts of interpretation, such as probability, by means of object theory. On the other hand, the problem of the objectification of measurement results leads to inconsistencies which cannot be resolved in an obvious way. This open problem has far-reaching consequences for the possibility of recognising an objective reality in physics.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The main theme of this book is the idea that quantum mechanics is valid not only for microscopic objects but also for the macroscopic apparatus used for quantum mechanical measurements. The author demonstrates the intimate relations that exist between quantum mechanics and its interpretation which are induced by the quantum mechanical measurement process. Consequently, the book is concerned both with the philosophical, metatheoretical problems of interpretations and with the more formal problems of quantum object theory. The consequences of this approach turn out to be partly very promising and partly rather disappointing. On the one hand, it is possible to give a rigorous justification of some important parts of interpretation, such as probability, by means of object theory. On the other hand, the problem of the objectification of measurement results leads to inconsistencies which cannot be resolved in an obvious way. This open problem has far-reaching consequences for the possibility of recognising an objective reality in physics.

Revue de presse

'This book goes carefully, exhaustively, and deeply into the interpretational problems of quantum mechanics induced by the measurement process ... The discussion itself is self-contained and the technical parts are reader-friendly.' E. Beltrametti, Measurement Science and Technology

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521602815
ISBN 13 
9780521602815
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
152
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Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0521554454 ISBN 13 :  9780521554459
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1997
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