Beyond Measure: Modern Physics, Philosophy and the Meaning of Quantum Theory
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 6 November 2003
- ISBN 9780198529279
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages400 pages
- Size 248x173x25 mm
- Weight 895 g
- Language English
- Illustrations numerous figures 0
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Short description:
Quantum theory is one of the most important and successful theories of modern physical science. A fact all the more remarkable because quatum theory is a theory that few understand.
Most academic textbooks on the subject are written for specialists, filled with complex jargon and dense mathematics. In contrast there are many popular presentations of the inherent 'weirdness' of the quantum world that are light on jargon and contain no mathematics.Together these presentations serve to create the impression that there are two theories - the 'serious, one and the 'wierd' one. Baggott successfully bridges the gulf between these presentations by grounding the discussion of the theory's profound problems directly in its mathematical formalism in a way that under-graduate students and interested individuals can follow.
Long description:
Quantum theory is one of the most important and successful theories of modern physical science. It has been estimated that its principles form the basis for about 30 per cent of the world's manufacturing economy. This is all the more remarkable because quantum theory is a theory that nobody understands. Baggott brings the reader up to date with the results of experimental tests of quantum non-locality and complementarity that have been successfully he also reviews the latest thinking on alternative interpretations - pilot waves, decoherence, consciousness, many worlds and God - and the frontiers of quantum cosmology, quantum gravity and potential applications of quantum entanglement in computing, cryptography and teleportation. Quantum theory emerges largely unscathed, only serving to reinforce the point that the theory remains the most powerful framework for explaining observations of the quantum world, but that its orthodox interpretation continues to offer little in the way of understanding in terms of underlying physical processes. Quantum theory remains a mysterious theoretical black top hat from which white rabbits continue to be pulled. Students are usually advised not to ask how this particular conjuring trick is done.
Baggott confines all the equations to optional appendices so that the book succeeds in having a broader appeal than might be imagined ... A nice feature of the book is the section on recent experiments including Aspect's famous series of tests of the Bell inequalities.
Table of Contents:
Foreword by Peter Atkins
Preface
Part I: Discovery
An Act of Desperation
Farewell to Certainty
An Absolute Wonder
Part II: Formalism
Quantum Rules
Quantum Measurement
Part III: Meaning
The Schism
A Bolt from the Blue
Bell's Theorem and Local Reality
Part IV: Experiment
Quantum Non-locality
Complementarity and Entanglement
Part V: Alternatives
Pilot Waves, Potentials and Propensities
An Irreversible Act
I Think, Therefore
Many Worlds, One Universe
Closing Remarks
Appendices
Bibliography
