Author:
Bricmont, J. (Jean) author.
ImprintCham, Switzerland : Springer, [2017]
Descriptionx, 286 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Note:What are the issues raised by quantum mechanics? -- The first mystery: interference -- "Philosophical" intermezzo I: what is determinism? -- How do physicists deal with interference? -- Schrödinger's cat and hidden variables -- "Philosophical" intermezzo II: what is wrong with "observations"? -- The second mystery: nonlocality -- How to do "the impossible", a quantum mechanics without observers: the de Broglie-Bohm theory -- Many worlds? -- A revised history of quantum mechanics -- The cultural impact of quantum mechanics -- Summary of the main theses of this book.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-277) and index.
