The Einstein Paradox : The Debate on Nonlocality and Incompleteness In 1935 / Guido Bacciagaluppi and Elise Crull.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bacciagaluppi, Guido, author.

Crull, Elise M. (Elise Marie), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen experiment.

Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen experiment--History.

Quantum theory--History.

Quantum theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxv, 369 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, [2024]

Summary:

Aimed at graduate students and researchers, this book offers a rich context for the famously controversial 1935 paper by Einstein, Podolsky, and Rosen. It uncovers hidden stories and traces intricate connections, bringing new players into the debate on the foundations of quantum mechanics

Contents:

Cover

Half-title page

Title page

Copyright page

Dedication

Contents

Preface

Permissions and Copyright Notices

Abbreviations and Editorial Conventions

Part I Main Contributions to the EPR Debate in 1935

1 Einstein on EPR

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Einstein's Unpublished Hidden Variables Theory of 1927

1.3 The 1927 Solvay Conference

1.4 The Photon-Box Experiment

1.4.1 The Photon Box in 1926

1.4.2 The Photon Box in 1930 and Beyond

1.4.3 The ETP Paper

1.4.4 Thinking Outside the (Photon) Box

1.5 The EPR Paradox

1.5.1 Structure and Logic of the EPR Paper

1.5.2 Einstein's 1935 Correspondence with Schrödinger

2 Others on EPR

2.1 Introduction

2.2 The New York Times

2.3 Kemble

2.4 Podolsky

2.5 Flint

2.6 Schrödinger

2.7 Bohr

2.8 Ruark

2.9 Heisenberg

2.10 Hermann

2.11 Margenau

2.12 Furry

2.13 Wolfe

3 Schrödinger on EPR

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Anschaulichkeit and Early Worries about Entanglement

3.3 Schrödinger's Evolving Ideas on Quantum Mechanics

3.3.1 Schrödinger's Old and New Ideas

3.3.2 Schrödinger and Proto-EPR

3.4 Schrödinger's Reactions to EPR

3.4.1 Schrödinger's EPR Correspondence

3.4.2 The 'Einstein Paradox'

3.4.3 'The Present Situation in Quantum Mechanics'

4 Heisenberg on EPR

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Heisenberg's Pre-EPR Views

4.2.1 The 1927 Heisenberg-Einstein Correspondence

4.2.2 Born and Heisenberg's Solvay Report

4.3 Heisenberg's Unpublished Response to EPR

4.3.1 The Cut Argument

4.3.2 Hidden Variables

4.3.3 The Context of Observation

4.4 The Role of Grete Hermann

4.4.1 Hermann on Completeness

4.4.2 Hermann on Contextuality and Separability

4.5 Discussions with Bohr

4.6 Concluding Remarks

5 Bohr on EPR

5.1 Introduction

5.2 The Text

5.3 Structure of the Argument

5.4 Bohr's Examples

5.5 Interlude: Pauli's Measurement Theory

5.6 Non-mechanical Disturbance

5.6.1 The Role of the Reference Frame

5.6.2 Bohr's Doctrine of Classical Concepts

5.7 Final Assessment

Part II Selected Pre-EPR Papers

6 Knowledge of Past and Future in Quantum Mechanics

7 On the Indeterminacy Relation

8 Bohr-Einstein Example

Part III Core EPR Papers

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Nov 2024).

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781009573337

1009573330

9781139028493

1139028499