The philosophy of quantum mechanics : an interactive interpretation / Richard Healey.
By: Healey, Richard.
Material type: BookPublisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1989Description: xiv, 270 p. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 0521371058.Subject(s): Quantum theory | Physics -- PhilosophyDDC classification: 530.12Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 530.12 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00030374 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This is one of the most important books on quantum mechanics to have appeared in recent years. It offers a dramatically new interpretation that resolves puzzles and paradoxes associated with the measurement problem and the behavior of coupled systems. A crucial feature of this interpretation is that a quantum mechanical measurement can be certain to have a particular outcome even when the observed system fails to have the property corresponding to that outcome just prior to the measurement interaction.
Bibliography: (pages 261-264) and index.
Introduction -- Overview -- Dynamical states -- The hierarchy of quantum systems -- The structure of dynamical states -- Dynamics -- Measurement and quantum states -- Measurement interactions -- Idealizations relaxed -- The assignment of quantum states -- Coupled systems -- Metaphysical aspects -- Alternatives compared -- Naive realism -- Copenhagen -- Everett -- Kochen -- Open questions.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 Overview
- 2 Dynamical states
- 3 Measurement and quantum states
- 4 Coupled systems
- 5 Metaphysical aspects
- 6 Alternatives compared
- 7 Open questions
- Appendix
- Selected bibliography
- Index