{"product_id":"quantum-theory-and-beyond-essays-and-discussions-arising-from-a-colloquium-paperback-9780521115483","title":"Quantum Theory and Beyond; Essays and Discussions Arising from a Colloquium (Paperback) 9780521115483","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eQuantum Theory and Beyond\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEssays and Discussions Arising from a Colloquium\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book deals with the issues and paradoxes of quantum theory.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eTed Bastin (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521115483, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 16 July 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e356 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.52 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eQuantum theory attempts to describe the discrete or atomic nature of matter and the physical world. Certain paradoxes connected with the use of our familiar ideas of the theory have led some physicists to suggest that a revision of quantum theory at its most fundamental level is now inevitable, while others think that the wide range of experimental success of the theory make such changes literally unthinkable. This book contains the edited papers presented at a small informal colloquium held in Cambridge in 1968 to discuss the need for fundamental revision in quantum theory. Most schools of thought on the foundations of the theory were represented, and to direct discussion some participants proposed actual changes. A principal aim was to pinpoint the source of difficulty in current ideas of the time or, failing that, to present alongside each other the various viewpoints about them.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of participants\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Introduction: 1. The function of the colloquium - editorial\u003cbr\u003e 2. The conceptual problem of quantum theory from the experimentalist's point of view O. R. Frisch\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Niels Bohr and Complementarity: The Place of the Classical Language: 3. The Copenhagen interpretation C. F. von Weizsäcker\u003cbr\u003e 4. On Bohr's views concerning the quantum theory D. Bohm\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Measurement Problem: 5. Quantal observation in statistical interpretation H. J. Groenewold\u003cbr\u003e 6. Macroscopic physics, quantum mechanics and quantum theory of measurement G. M. Prosperi\u003cbr\u003e 7. Comment on the Daneri-Loinger-Prosperi quantum theory of measurement Jeffrey Bub\u003cbr\u003e 8. The phenomenology of observation and explanation in quantum theory J. H. M. Whiteman\u003cbr\u003e 9. Measurement theory and complex systems M. A. Garstens\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. New Directions within Quantum Theory: What does the Quantum Theoretical Formalism Really Tell Us?: 10. On the role of hidden variables in the fundamental structure of physics D. Bohm\u003cbr\u003e 11. Beyond what? Discussion: space-time order within existing quantum theory C. W. Kilmister\u003cbr\u003e 12. Definability and measurability in quantum theory Yakir Aharonov and Aage Petersen\u003cbr\u003e 13. The bootstrap idea and the foundations of quantum theory Geoffrey F. Chew\u003cbr\u003e Part V. A Fresh Start?: 14. Angular momentum: an approach to combinatorial space-time Roger Penrose\u003cbr\u003e 15. A note on discreteness, phase space and cohomology theory B. J. Hiley\u003cbr\u003e 16. Cohomology of observations R. H. Atkin\u003cbr\u003e 17. The origin of half-integral spin in a discrete physical space Ted Bastin\u003cbr\u003e Part VI. Philosophical Papers: 18. The unity of physics C. F. von Weizsäcker\u003cbr\u003e 19. A philosophical obstacle to the rise of new theories in microphysics Mario Bunge\u003cbr\u003e 20. The incompleteness of quantum mechanics or the emperor's missing clothes H. R. Post\u003cbr\u003e 21. How does a particle get from A to B?\u003cbr\u003e Ted Bastin\u003cbr\u003e 22. Informational generalization of entropy in physics Jerome Rothstein\u003cbr\u003e 23. Can life explain quantum mechanics? H. H. Pattee\u003cbr\u003e 24. Discussion: phenomena and sense data in quantum theory D. S. Linney and C. F. von Weizsäcker\u003cbr\u003e Index of persons\u003cbr\u003e Index of subjects.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Physics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Physics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Physics%20%5BPH%5D%22\"\u003ePH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006513533208,"sku":"9780521115483","price":47.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521115483i_a6bfd260-af6d-4d5a-9845-07ca178fb658.jpg?v=1691371483","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/quantum-theory-and-beyond-essays-and-discussions-arising-from-a-colloquium-paperback-9780521115483","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}