Quantum Cybernetics
Subtitle: Toward a Unification of Relativity and Quantum Theory via Circularly Causal Modeling
By: by Gerhard Grössing
Publisher: Springer New York; Imprint; Springer
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 153
ISBN-13: 9781461212966
Subjects: Quantum theory; Physics
Description: This book, written for non-specialists, discusses the apparent conflict between relativity and quantum mechanics, concentrating particularly on what Einstein called "spooky interactions at a distance." The author proposes a resolution based on a causal interpretation introduced by Louis deBroglie and elaborated by David Bohm. He shows that one can introduce a "medium" or "aether" in a manner consistent with both relativity and quantum theory, and which allows one to unify the two theories via the identification of circularly causal processes at their core. The mathematics is kept simple, making the discussion accessible to a wide audience. Several crucial experiments are discussed in detail.
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: Introduction; title: Quantum Theory and the Special Theory of Relativity; title: Quantum Cybernetics; title: Experiments; title: Gravity as a Pure Quantum Phenomenon: Mach's Principle Revisited; title: Implications of Circular Causality at the Quantum Level; title: Coda: On the Meaning of Nonlocality; title: References; title: Index.