Quantum Non-Locality and Relativity: Metaphysical Intimations of Modern Physics, Second Edition 2nd Edition

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Modern physics was born from two great revolutions: relativity and the quantum theory. Relativity imposed a locality constraint on physical theories: since nothing can go faster than light, very distant events cannot influence one another. Only in the last few decades has it become clear that the quantum theory violates this constraint. The work of J.S. Bell has demonstrated that no local theory can return the predictions of quantum theory. Thus it would seem that the central pillars of modern physics are contradictory.

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"Maudlin's book is outstanding, and is particularly remarkable for three central achievements: the clearest exposition of Bell's theorem I know of; a careful discussion of the (in)compatibility between the implications of that theorem and relativity; and astute suggestions for how one could deal with this problem. Maudlin is a professional philosopher who writes on this most fundamental issue of physics in a way that is far clearer than the work of most physicists." Jean Bricmont, University of Louvain

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"Maudlin's book is outstanding, and is particularly remarkable for three central achievements: the clearest exposition of Bell's theorem I know of; a careful discussion of the (in)compatibility between the implications of that theorem and relativity; and astute suggestions for how one could deal with this problem. Maudlin is a professional philosopher who writes on this most fundamental issue of physics in a way that is far clearer than the work of most physicists."
–Jean Bricmont, University of Louvain

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Paperback: 296 pages
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 2 edition (February 11, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0631232214
ISBN-13: 978-0631232216
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.9 x 9 inches
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Maudlin. A Great Teacher

ByLydiaon January 5, 2006

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In this delightful read, Maudlin goes through an array of topics revolving around non-locality, relativity, and the mathematics involved. However, although I didn't find any "new" ideas in the text, I was amazed at how quickly & clearly he explained the said topics. Without exaggerating, in 80 pages of this book I attained what had taken me an entire stack of now useless books on quantum physics (particularly Bell's theorem), relativity, linear algebra, and philosophy(don't read Philosophy of Physics by Lange, you'll get it all out of this)

Anyone who has a prior introduction to Quantum theory will love this. I'd suggest Quantum Reality by Herbert, But there are lots of good ones out there.

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Trying to reconcile what are apparently different levels of reality.

ByBillon January 29, 2010

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Maudlin's book is wonderful for someone interested in getting a concise, non-technical survey of the literature landscape of how in the world, do we reconcile the non-locality of quantum mechanics with the tenets of relativity, namely, the relativity of simultaneity.

Professor Maudlin illustrates the heart of the Bell Inequalities with a straightforward example using simple logic. It's a treat to read through, and the clearest treatment of Bell's theorem I've ever seen.

The book ends with a question mark, but in getting there, it takes us on a non-mathematical journey into the heart of the problem: At the macro level of reality, locality appears to rule, but yet, at the micro level of reality -- the realm of quantum mechanics -- non-locality rules.

Go figure?

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ByDavid W Breweron April 21, 2015

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Great

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Down the gopher hole.

ByU Dreamon May 9, 2010

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I must admit that my criticism probably says more about me than the book, but I found it impossible to follow his arguments. His summaries of Relativity theory and Quantum mechanics were helpful and the best parts of the book. Here he explained details not covered in most of the books I've read on the subjects. If other readers found his arguments clear, I guess I'll have to chalk up my confusion to creeping senility. The book left me feeling that the revolution of the New Physics is a disaster of contradictions, vagueness, and irrationality. With the profusion of "go-for-broke" mini-theories to account for all the problems with RT and QT, I get the impression that theoretical physicists are reincarnations of Greek steam bath philosophers spouting forth untestable theories. Is this all a futile exercise in hyperplane epistemics?

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Very clear discussion of Bell's Theorem

ByAmazon Customeron January 31, 2008

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This contains the clearest presentation of the evidence for non-locality that I've seen. The other chapters on the implications of this are a little more challenging but worth it.

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God does not play dice with Nature?

ByDennis K. Morganon March 17, 2009

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Excellent treatise on Non-Locality and Relativity. Some Knowledge based philosophy stuff but well written.

Kudos!

Dennis

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Nice introduction to physics, philosophical chaos

ByDichtung&Kritikon November 18, 2009

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I am a theoretical physicist from Germany and I appreciated Maudlin's introduction to special relativity and quantum physics. Much of it is in words and pictures and yet it is as precise as possible, if one doesn't want to evoke the entire apparatus of equations.
However, the philosophical implications and reasonings were not only far from being clear, but also so twisted, that nobody is able to really wrap up, what Maudlin's view is. Try to find it on the internet - nowhere will you find, what his upshot is. Why is that? Because it is impossible to wrap up a philosopher in a few words? Of course not! You will find many clear and sharp results of the philosophies even of Kant, Schopenhauer or Nietzsche, who also enjoyed writing in long essays.

So what is this book about? It first tries to explain the EPR-paradoxon by considering the collapse as a physical process. Therefore you have to talk about signalling or some kind of propagation at least with a speed which is faster than light (in order to reproduce the results of A. Aspect for example).
So Maudlin analyses, which aspect of the 'information' of 'a measurement being performed' must minimally be submitted from one EPR-particle to another. He keeps analysing and approaches the problem from all kinds of sides. This is very lenghthy and repetative.

And then, suddenly, on the last 3 pages of the book: A miracle happens!
Suddenly Maudlin choses the Many Minds Interpretation, which has never before been motivated in the book!
He himself finds this a bit ad hoc and says: Well, you might feel a bit betrayed, that we now do not at all come to a conclusion which has anything to do with the rest of the book.
However, this solution suddenly seems logical to him and he choses it.
The reader stays back in bewilderment.

As I said, try to find someone, who sums up Maudlin's real conclusion of this book in a precise phrase.
You will fail.
I think, because there is none.

So after all, I would say: The book offers a good introduction to quantum physics and the EPR-problem, but it is way overrated in being innovative, brilliant or conclusive. It totally failed me in saying anything new. And don't tell me his concept of hyperplanes was new. Gordon Fleming has published this many years ago.

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Fascinating and somewhat disquieting

ByTimothy B. Milleron May 17, 2007

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This is a great book - captivating, a bit technical in places (but you can easily avoid the technical details and still understand the theses), and ultimately somewhat disturbing in the best sense of that word (it will knock away a lot of your presuppositions). Quantum non-locality (QNL) has been experimentally verified and there is no question that it exists. Particles too far apart to "communicate" at speeds less than the speed of light nonetheless do somehow "communicate". Lorentz invariance, a cornerstone of relativity, has also been well verified experimentally. Yet Einstein's philosophical underpinning of special relativity, the democracy of all reference frames, seem to be radically called into question by QNL. The author goes through every theory put forward so far to reconcile special relativity (with its philosophical underpinning intact) with QNL, and shows that none can cut the mustard. Trying to reconcile QNL with general relativity leads to even worse conundrums. Science is in a deep quandary! This book will blow your mind if you let it.

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