Bohmian Mechanics and Quantum Theory: An Appraisal (Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science)
James T. Cushing
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Hardcover. Contains a selection of papers grouped around four main topics: the essentials of Bohmian mechanics; detailed applications and extensions of these basics; historical and conceptual analyses of the program; and comparisons and contrasts with other formulations of quantum mechanics. This book is suitable for physicists and philosophers. Editor(s): Cushing, James T.; Fine, A. I. (Dept. of Philosophy, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA); Goldstein, S. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 416 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 167 x 241 x 29. Weight in Grams: 792.
We are often told that quantum phenomena demand radical revisions of our scientific world view and that no physical theory describing well defined objects, such as particles described by their positions, evolving in a well defined way, let alone deterministically, can account for such phenomena. The great majority of physicists continue to subscribe to this view, despite the fact that just such a deterministic theory, accounting for all of the phe nomena of nonrelativistic quantum mechanics, was proposed by David Bohm more than four decades ago and has arguably been around almost since the inception of quantum mechanics itself. Our ... Read more
We are often told that quantum phenomena demand radical revisions of our scientific world view and that no physical theory describing well defined objects, such as particles described by their positions, evolving in a well defined way, let alone deterministically, can account for such phenomena. The great majority of physicists continue to subscribe to this view, despite the fact that just such a deterministic theory, accounting for all of the phe nomena of nonrelativistic quantum mechanics, was proposed by David Bohm more than four decades ago and has arguably been around almost since the inception of quantum mechanics itself. Our ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Springer
Condition
New
Series
Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792340287
SKU
V9780792340287
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