Collapse of the Wave Function

Collapse of the Wave Function

Author: Shan Gao

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018-04-26

Total Pages: 361

ISBN-13: 1108428983

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An overview of the collapse theories of quantum mechanics. Written by distinguished physicists and philosophers of physics, it discusses the origin and implications of wave-function collapse, the controversies around collapse models and their ontologies, and new arguments for the reality of wave function collapse.


The Meaning of the Wave Function

The Meaning of the Wave Function

Author: Shan Gao

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2017-03-16

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 1107124352

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Covering much of the recent debate, this ambitious text provides new, decisive proof of the reality of the wave function.


Do Wave Functions Jump?

Do Wave Functions Jump?

Author: Valia Allori

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-10-02

Total Pages: 430

ISBN-13: 3030467775

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This book is a tribute to the scientific legacy of GianCarlo Ghirardi, who was one of the most influential scientists in the field of modern foundations of quantum theory. In this appraisal, contributions from friends, collaborators and colleagues reflect the influence of his world of thoughts on theory, experiments and philosophy, while also offering prospects for future research in the foundations of quantum physics. The themes of the contributions revolve around the physical reality of the wave function and its notorious collapse, randomness, relativity and experiments.


Do We Really Understand Quantum Mechanics?

Do We Really Understand Quantum Mechanics?

Author: Franck Laloë

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2012-08-30

Total Pages: 409

ISBN-13: 110702501X

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Gives an overview of the quantum theory and its main interpretations. Ideal for researchers in physics and mathematics.


Shadows of the Mind

Shadows of the Mind

Author: Roger Penrose

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 484

ISBN-13: 9780195106466

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Presents the author's thesis that consciousness, in its manifestation in the human quality of understanding, is doing something that mere computation cannot; and attempts to understand how such non-computational action might arise within scientifically comprehensive physical laws.


Einstein's Intuition

Einstein's Intuition

Author: Thad Roberts

Publisher:

Published: 2015-12-11

Total Pages: 476

ISBN-13: 9780996394246

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Presented in clear and accessible language with wonderfully supportive graphics, Roberts offers the reader a voyage through the development of human knowledge. He then examines the outstanding mysteries of modern physics-the phenomena that lie outside the boarders of our current understanding (dark energy, dark matter, the Big Bang, wave-particle duality, quantum tunneling, state vector reduction, etc.) and suggests that the next step in our intellectual journey is to treat the vacuum of space as a superfluid-modeling it as being composed of interactive quanta, which, in a self similar way, are composed of subquanta, and so on. With this proposition Roberts engenders the vacuum with fractal geometry, and opens the door to explaining the outstanding mysteries of physics geometrically. Roberts' model, called quantum space theory, has been praised for how it offers an intuitively accessible picture of eleven-dimensions and for powerfully extending the insight of general relativity, eloquently translating the four forces into unique kinds of geometric distortions, while offering underlying deterministic dynamics that give rise to quantum mechanics. That remarkably simple picture explains the mysteries of modern physics in a way that is fully commensurate with Einstein's intuition. It is a refreshingly unique perspective that generates several testable predictions. "This work is mathematically beautiful and scientifically priceless, and the kicker is that it comes with a vivid and satisfying picture." Chris J. Wilshaw "This book fundamentally changed my understanding of our universe." Matt Emmi


Quantum Theory at the Crossroads

Quantum Theory at the Crossroads

Author: Guido Bacciagaluppi

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2009-10-22

Total Pages: 557

ISBN-13: 1139643711

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The 1927 Solvay conference was perhaps the most important in the history of quantum theory. Contrary to popular belief, questions of interpretation were not settled at this conference. Instead, a range of sharply conflicting views were extensively discussed, including de Broglie's pilot-wave theory (which de Broglie presented for a many-body system), Born and Heisenberg's 'quantum mechanics' (which apparently lacked wave function collapse or fundamental time evolution), and Schrödinger's wave mechanics. Today, there is no longer a dominant interpretation of quantum theory, so it is important to re-evaluate the historical sources and keep the debate open. This book contains a complete translation of the original proceedings, with essays on the three main interpretations presented, and a detailed analysis of the lectures and discussions in the light of current research. This book will be of interest to graduate students and researchers in physics and in the history and philosophy of quantum theory.


Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics

Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics

Author: John von Neumann

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 1955

Total Pages: 462

ISBN-13: 9780691028934

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A revolutionary book that for the first time provided a rigorous mathematical framework for quantum mechanics. -- Google books


Knowledge and Time

Knowledge and Time

Author: Hans Primas

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-05-23

Total Pages: 431

ISBN-13: 3319473700

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This is a unique volume by a unique scientist, which combines conceptual, formal, and engineering approaches in a way that is rarely seen. Its core is the relation between ways of learning and knowing on the one hand and different modes of time on the other. Partial Boolean logic and the associated notion of complementarity are used to express this relation, and mathematical tools of fundamental physics are used to formalize it. Along the way many central philosophical problems are touched and addressed, above all the mind-body problem. Completed only shortly before the death of the author, the text has been edited and annotated by the author's close collaborator Harald Atmanspacher.