How physics confronts reality : Einstein was correct, but Bohr won the game / Roger G. Newton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Newton, Roger G.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quantum theory--History.

Quantum theory.

Bohr, Niels, 1885-1962.

Bohr, Niels.

Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.

Einstein, Albert.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (158 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Jersey : World Scientific, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"This book recalls, for nonscientific readers, the history of quantum mechanics, the main points of its interpretation, and Einstein's objections to it, together with the responses engendered by his arguments. We point out that most popular discussions on the strange aspects of quantum mechanics ignore the fundamental fact that Einstein was correct in his insistence that the theory does not directly describe reality. While that fact does not remove these counterintuitive features, it casts them in a different light."--page vi.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. Some Quantum History; The True Revolutionaries; A New View of the Atom; Constructing a Coherent Theory; 2. Rules and Interpretations; The Measurement Problem; Entanglement; 3. Einstein's Defection; The EPR Paper; Schrödinger's Cat; Ensembles; Enter John Bell; From Micro to Macro; Was Einstein Right?; 4. From Atomism to Real Particles; Atomism in the Middle Ages; The First Scientific Revolution; Atoms Based on Science; Atoms and the Nature of Heat; The Role of Boltzmann; Einstein Enters the Picture; 5. Laws of Motion; The Great Break with Aristotle

Problems of Motion Dominate Physics The New Perspective; New Laws of Motion; 6. Fields; 7. New Particles and their Quantum Origins; Quantum Field Theory; The First New Particles; What Holds the Nucleus Together?; The New Accelerators; 8. Atoms, Inside and Out; The Energy Source of the Stars; Explaining the Origin of the Elements; Explaining Radioactivity; Properties of Solid Matter; Superconductivity; 9. Methods and Underpinnings; Experimental Methods; A New Theoretical Tool; Strange Particles; The Standard Model; Epilogue; References and Further Reading; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-137) and index.

ISBN:

9786612758195

9781282758193

1282758195

9789814277044

9814277045

OCLC:

729020110