Quantum Theory at the Crossroads
Subtitle: reconsidering the 1927 Solvay Conference
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 558
ISBN-13: 9781107698314
Table of contents: title: Part 1 : Perspectives on the 1927 Solvay Conference.; title: Historical introduction; title: De Broglie's pilot-wave theory; title: From matrix mechanics to quantum mechanics; title: Schrödinger's wave mechanics; title: Part 2 : Quantum foundations and the 1927 Solvay Conference.; title: Quantum theory and the measurement problem; title: Interference, superposition, and wave packet collapse; title: Locality and incompleteness; title: Time, determinism, and the spacetime framework; title: Guiding fields in 3-space; title: Scattering and measurement in de Broglie's pilot-wave theory; title: Pilot-wave theory in retrospect; title: Beyond the Bohr-Einstein debate; title: Part 3 : The proceedings of the 1927 Solvay Conference.; title: The intensity of X-ray reflection; title: Disagreements between experiment and the electromagnetic theory of radiation; title: The new dynamics of quanta; title: Quantum mechanics; title: Wave mechanics; title: General discussion