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reconsidering the 1927 Solvay Conference

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Quantum Theory at the Crossroads

reconsidering the 1927 Solvay Conference

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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. - Publisher.

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Quantum Theory at the Crossroads: Reconsidering the 1927 Solvay Conference
2013, Cambridge University Press
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2013, Cambridge University Press
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Quantum Theory at the Crossroads: Reconsidering the 1927 Solvay Conference
2013, Cambridge University Press
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Quantum Theory at the Crossroads
2009, Cambridge University Press
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Quantum Theory at the Crossroads: Reconsidering the 1927 Solvay Conference
2009, Cambridge University Press
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Quantum Theory at the Crossroads: Reconsidering the 1927 Solvay Conference
2009, Cambridge University Press
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Table of Contents

Part 1 : Perspectives on the 1927 Solvay Conference.
Historical introduction
De Broglie's pilot-wave theory
From matrix mechanics to quantum mechanics
Schrödinger's wave mechanics
Part 2 : Quantum foundations and the 1927 Solvay Conference.
Quantum theory and the measurement problem
Interference, superposition, and wave packet collapse
Locality and incompleteness
Time, determinism, and the spacetime framework
Guiding fields in 3-space
Scattering and measurement in de Broglie's pilot-wave theory
Pilot-wave theory in retrospect
Beyond the Bohr-Einstein debate
Part 3 : The proceedings of the 1927 Solvay Conference.
The intensity of X-ray reflection
Disagreements between experiment and the electromagnetic theory of radiation
The new dynamics of quanta
Quantum mechanics
Wave mechanics
General discussion

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Number of pages
558

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OL25440649M
ISBN 10
1107698316
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9781107698314

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