Quantum mechanics and experience / David Z Albert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Albert, David Z.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Physical measurements.

Quantum theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 206 p. ) ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This account of the foundations of quantum mechanics is an introduction accessible to anyone with high school mathematics, and provides a rigorous discussion of important recent advances in the understanding of quantum physics, including theories put forward by the author himself.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

1. Superposition

2. The Mathematical Formalism and the Standard Way of Thinking about It

3. Nonlocality

4. The Measurement Problem

5. The Collapse of the Wave Function

6. The Dynamics by Itself

7. Bohm's Theory

8. Self-Measurement

Appendix: The Kochen-Healy-Dieks Interpretations

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Originally published: 1992.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-201) and index.

ISBN:

9780674020146

0674020146

OCLC:

923117255