Conceptual Foundations of Quantum Physics An Overview from Modern Perspectives

It may tum out that, like certain other phenomena studied by sociologists, bouts of interest in the foundations of quantum mechanics tend to come in 60-year cycles. It is hardly surprising that in the first decade or so of the subject the conceptual puzzles generated by this strange new way of looki...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Home, Dipankar
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 1997, 1997
Edition:1st ed. 1997
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Standard Interpretation and Beyond
  • 2. Quantum Measurement Paradox
  • 3. Classical Limit of Quantum Mechanics
  • 4. Quantum Nonlocality
  • 5. Wave Particle Duality of Light and Complementarity
  • 6. Quantum Zeno Effect
  • 7. Causality in Quantum Mechanics
  • 8. Einstein’s Critique of Quantum Mechanics: A Reappraisal
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