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The Quantum Mechanics Conundrum - Interpretation and Foundations

By Gennaro Auletta

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
2019
ISBN
978-3-030-16648-9, 978-3-030-16649-6
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
37 MB (38510441 bytes)
Pages
1382\0
Library
PQR
Time added
2019-09-20 11:03:10

Description

This comprehensive volume gives a balanced and systematic treatment of both the interpretation and the mathematical-conceptual foundations of quantum mechanics. It is written in a pedagogical style and addresses many thorny problems of fundamental physics. The first aspect concerns Interpretation. The author raises the central problems: formalism, measurement, non-locality, and causality. The main positions on these subjects are presented and critically analysed. The aim is to show that the main schools can converge on a core interpretation. The second aspect concerns Foundations. Here it is shown that the whole theory can be grounded on information theory. The distinction between information and signal leads us to integrating quantum mechanics and relativity. Category theory is presented and its significance for quantum information shown; the logic and epistemological bases of the theory are assessed. Of relevance to all physicists and philosophers with an interest in quantum theory and its foundations, this book is destined to become a classic work.

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