Contributor
Evans, James, 1948-
Imprint:Berlin ; New York : Springer, c2007.
Descriptionx, 249 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Note:Introduction : contexts and challenges for quantum mechanics / James Evans -- Max Planck's compromises on the way to and from the absolute / J. L. Heilbron -- Atomic waves in private practice / Bruce R. Wheaton -- A complementary opposition : Louis de Broglie and Werner Heisenberg / Georges Lochak -- Schrödinger against particles and quantum jumps / Michel Bitbol -- Aspects of nonlocality in quantum mechanics / Abner Shimony -- Decoherence and the foundations of quantum mechanics / Maximilian Schlosshauer, Arthur Fine -- What are consistent histories? / Alan Thorndike -- Bose-Einstein condensation : identity crisis for indistinguishable particles / Wolfgang Ketterle -- Quantum fluctuations of light : a modern perspective on wave/particle duality / Howard Carmichael -- Quantum entanglement as a resource for communication / William K. Wootters -- The three cases of Doctor von Neumann / Roland Omnès.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
