Quantum drama : from the Bohr-Einstein debate to the riddle of entanglement / Jim Baggott and John L. Heilbron.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baggott, Jim, 1957- author.

Heilbron, J. L., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.

Einstein, Albert.

Bohr, Niels, 1885-1962.

Bohr, Niels.

Quantum theory.

Physics.

Academic disputations--20th century.

Academic disputations.

physics.

Genre:

Informational works.

Physical Description:

viii, 336 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, [2024]

Summary:

"In 1927, Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein began a debate about the interpretation and meaning of the new quantum theory. This would become one of the most famous debates in the history of science. At stake were an understanding of the purpose, and defense of the integrity, of science. What (if any) limits should we place on our expectations for what science can tell us about physical reality?"

Contents:

Prologue

ACT I. CORRESPONDENCE TO COMPLEMENTARITY

Mutual Admiration

An Honourable Funeral

New Ways to Calculate

New Ways to Think

ACT II. UNCERTAINTY TO ORTHODOXY

Incompatible Conceptions

Measurement and Impossibility

EPR, Faust, and the Cat

Missionaries of the Copenhagen Spirit

ACT III. ORTHODOXY TO UNCERTAINTY

Postwar Hostilities

Skirmishes in Princeton

Juvenile Deviationism

Passing the Torch

ACT IV. PRODUCTIVE INEQUALITIES

The Theorem of John S. Bell

Bell Tests and Protests

While the Photons Are Dancing

Adventures in Quantum Information

Where to Cut? Which Way to Go?

Epilogue

Notes:

Includes bibliographic references and index.

ISBN:

9780192846105

0192846108

OCLC:

1432178066