1st Edition
Veiled Reality An Analysis Of Present- Day Quantum Mechanical Concepts
By Bernard D'espagnat
Copyright 2003
500 Pages
by
CRC Press
500 Pages
by
CRC Press
By questioning the validity of some of our basic concepts, such as space, object, and causality, quantum physics contributes quite decisively to the dramatic changes now taking place in our world picture.This book is addressed not only to physicists at an early stage in their careers (the first or second year graduate student) but also to philosophers, as well as to all the senior physicists... Read more
* Philosophy and Physics * Matter Waves, Superposition, Linearity * The Rules of Quantum Mechanics * Comments * Complements * The Density Matrix Formalism * Proper and Improper Mixtures * Quantum States and the Nonseparability Problem * The EPR Problem and Nonseparability * On Measurement * Variations on a Bohrian Theme * Quantum Mechanics as a Universal Theory, Classical Appearances in a Quantum World * Ontological Approaches (Hidden Variables and All That) * Open Realism * Veiled, Independent Reality, Empirical Reality * Lessons and Hints from Quantum Physics
Biography
Bernard D'espagnat
