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The Meaning of Quantum Theory Jim Baggott (Environmental Officer, Lubricants Marketing, Environmental Officer, Lubricants Marketing, Shell International)

The Meaning of Quantum Theory By Jim Baggott (Environmental Officer, Lubricants Marketing, Environmental Officer, Lubricants Marketing, Shell International)

Summary

The historical development of the theory is traced from the turn of the century through to the 1930's, and the famous debate between Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein. The book examines in detail the arguments that quantum theory is incomplete, as made by Einstein, Boris Podolsky, and Nathan Rosen; the development of Bell's theorem; and crucial experimental tests performed in the early 1980s.

The Meaning of Quantum Theory Summary

The Meaning of Quantum Theory: A Guide for Students of Chemistry and Physics by Jim Baggott (Environmental Officer, Lubricants Marketing, Environmental Officer, Lubricants Marketing, Shell International)

In this book the author looks at the continuing debate about the meaning of quantum theory. The historical development of the theory is traced from the turn of the century through to the 1930's, and the famous debate between Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein. The book examines in detail the arguments that quantum theory is incomplete, as made by Einstein, Boris Podolsky, and Nathan Rosen; the development of Bell's theorem; and crucial experimental tests performed in the early 1980's. Alternative interpretations - pilot waves, quantum gravity, consciousness, many worlds, and God - are described in the closing chapter. This book is aimed at graduate and senior undergraduate students of physics and chemistry taking quantum chemistry or quantum theory courses, and other scientists interested in the subject.

The Meaning of Quantum Theory Reviews

I can recommend it warmly. Baggott has a practised, informal, attractive style that renders the potentially turgid digestible . . . , he gives a lucid, thoughtful, and helpful account of one of this century's great conundrums. * The Times Higher Education Supplement *

Table of Contents

How quantum theory was discovered; Putting it into practice; What does it mean?; Putting it to the test; What are the alternatives?; Appendices; Bibliography; Index

Additional information

GOR012500106
9780198555759
019855575X
The Meaning of Quantum Theory: A Guide for Students of Chemistry and Physics by Jim Baggott (Environmental Officer, Lubricants Marketing, Environmental Officer, Lubricants Marketing, Shell International)
Used - Like New
Paperback
Oxford University Press
1992-04-16
244
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