J. S. Bell

Speakable and Unspeakable in Quantum Mechanics (eBook, PDF)

Collected Papers on Quantum Philosophy

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Produktbeschreibung

John Bell, FRS was one of the leading expositors and interpreters of modern quantum theory. He is particularly famous for his discovery of the crucial difference between the predictions of conventional quantum mechanics and the implications of local causality, a concept insisted on by Einstein. John Bell's work played a major role in the development of our current understanding of the profound nature of quantum concepts and of the fundamental limitations they impose on the applicability of the classical ideas of space, time and locality. This book includes all of John Bell's published and unpublished papers on the conceptual and philosophical problems of quantum mechanics, including two papers that appeared after the first edition was published. The book includes a short Preface written by the author for the first edition, and also an introduction by Alain Aspect that puts into context John Bell's enormous contribution to the quantum philosophy debate.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juni 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511207426
• Artikelnr.: 38201143

Autorenporträt

J. S. Bell is a distinguished physicist well known for his work on the conceptual foundations of quantum mechanics, who died in 1990.

Inhaltsangabe

List of papers on quantum philosophy by J. S. Bell
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction by Alain Aspect
1. On the problem of hidden variables in quantum mechanics
2. On the Einstein-Rosen-Podolsky paradox
3. The moral aspects of quantum mechanics
4. Introduction to the hidden-variable question
5. Subject and object
6. On wave packet reduction in the Coleman-Hepp model
7. The theory of local beables
8. Locality in quantum mechanics: reply to critics
9. How to teach special relativity
10. Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen experiments
11. The measurement theory of Everett and de Broglie's pilot wave
12. Free variables and local causality
13. Atomic-cascade photons and quantum-mechanical nonlocality
14. de Broglie-Bohm delayed choice double-slit experiments and density matrix
15. Quantum mechanics for cosmologists
16. Bertlmann's socks and the nature of reality
17. On the impossible pilot wave
18. Speakable and unspeakable in quantum mechanics
19. Beables for quantum field theory
20. Six possible worlds of quantum mechanics
21. EPR correlations and EPR distributions
22. Are there quantum jumps?
23. Against 'measurement'
24. La Nouvelle cuisine.

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List of papers on quantum philosophy by J. S. Bell; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction by Alain Aspect; 1. On the problem of hidden variables in quantum mechanics; 2. On the Einstein-Rosen-Podolsky paradox; 3. The moral aspects of quantum mechanics; 4. Introduction to the hidden-variable question; 5. Subject and object; 6. On wave packet reduction in the Coleman-Hepp model; 7. The theory of local beables; 8. Locality in quantum mechanics: reply to critics; 9. How to teach special relativity; 10. Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen experiments; 11. The measurement theory of Everett and de Broglie's pilot wave; 12. Free variables and local causality; 13. Atomic-cascade photons and quantum-mechanical nonlocality; 14. de Broglie-Bohm delayed choice double-slit experiments and density matrix; 15. Quantum mechanics for cosmologists; 16. Bertlmann's socks and the nature of reality; 17. On the impossible pilot wave; 18. Speakable and unspeakable in quantum mechanics; 19. Beables for quantum field theory; 20. Six possible worlds of quantum mechanics; 21. EPR correlations and EPR distributions; 22. Are there quantum jumps?; 23. Against 'measurement'; 24. La Nouvelle cuisine.

Rezensionen

From reviews of the first edition: '... a timely and immensely valuable book ... much of [it] is so good that it surely could not be bettered.' New Scientist