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Here Roland Omnès offers a clear, up-to-date guide to the conceptual framework of quantum mechanics. In an area that has provoked much philosophical debate, Omnès has achieved high recognition for his Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics (Princeton 1994), a book for specialists. Now the author has transformed his own theory into a short and readable text that enables beginning students and experienced physicists, mathematicians, and philosophers to form a comprehensive picture of the field while learning about the most recent advances.
Here Roland Omnès offers a clear, up-to-date guide to the conceptual framework of quantum mechanics. In an area that has provoked much philosophical debate, Omnès has achieved high recognition for his Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics (Princeton 1994), a book for specialists. Now the author has transformed his own theory into a short and readable text that enables beginning students and experienced physicists, mathematicians, and philosophers to form a comprehensive picture of the field while learning about the most recent advances.
This new book presents a more streamlined version of the Copenhagen interpretation, showing its logical consistency and completeness. The problem of measurement is a major area of inquiry, with the author surveying its history from Planck to Heisenberg before describing the consistent-histories interpretation. He draws upon the most recent research on the decoherence effect (related to the modern resolution of the famous Schrödinger's cat problem) and an exact formulation of the correspondence between quantum and particle physics (implying a derivation of classical determinism from quantum probabilism).
Interpretation is organized with the help of a universal and sound language using so-called consistent histories. As a language and a method, it can now be shown to be free of ambiguity and it makes interpretation much clearer and closer to common sense.
About the Author
Roland Omnes is Professor of Physics at the University of Paris XI. His books include Quantum Philosophy: Understanding and Interpreting Contemporary Science (see p. 22 in this catalog), The Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics (Princeton), L'Univers et ses Metamorphoses, and Introduction to Particle Physics.
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- Quantum Mechanics by Jean-Louis Basdevant in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Physical Origins of Time Asymmetry by J. J. Halliwell in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Correspondence Principle (1918 - 1923) by Niels Henrik David Bohr on page 15, and page 44
- Quantum Theory and Measurement (Princeton Series in Physics) by John Archibald Wheeler in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Quantum Paradoxes and Physical Reality (Fundamental Theories of Physics) by F. Selleri in Back Matter
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- Quantum Physics, Third Edition by Stephen Gasiorowicz on page 325, and Back Matter
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- Principles of the Quantum Control of Molecular Processes by Paul W. Brumer in Back Matter
- Quantum Computation (Proceedings of Symposia in Applied Mathematics) by Dc) American Mathematical Society Short Course (2000 Washington on page 127
- Theology And Modern Physics (Ashgate Science and Religion Series) by Peter E. Hodgson in Back Matter
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