Lost Causes in and beyond Physics

Lost Causes in and Beyond Physics deals with a selection of research topics mostly from theoretical physics that have been shown to be a dead-end or continue at least to be highly controversial. Nevertheless, whether it is about Bohmian mechanics, physics from Fisher information or the quantum theor...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Streater, R.F.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2007, 2007
Edition:1st ed. 2007
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Munchausen’s Syndrome by Proxy
  • Elementary Probability
  • Quantum Probability
  • Bayesians
  • EPR and the Dangers of Cannabis
  • Stapp’s Theory of the Brain
  • Hidden Variables
  • Bohmian Mechanics
  • The Analytic S-matrix Bootstrap
  • Nelson and Wiener
  • Other Lost Causes
  • Some Good Ideas