Foundations and Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics: In the Light of a Critical-Historical Analysis of the Problems and of a Synthesis of the Results (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789810240394)

The aim of this book is twofold: to provide a comprehensive account of the foundations of the theory and to outline a theoretical and philosophical interpretation suggested from the results of the last twenty years.There is a need to provide an account of the foundations of the theory because recent experience has largely confirmed the theory and offered a wealth of new discoveries and possibilities. On the other side, the following results have generated a new basis for discussing the problem of the interpretation: the new developments in measurement theory; the experimental generation of "Schrödinger cats"; recent developments which allow, for the first time, the simultaneous measurement of complementary observables; quantum information processing, teleportation and computation.To accomplish this task, the book combines historical, systematic and thematic approaches.

Author: Gennaro Auletta
ISBN-10: 9810240392
ISBN-13: 9789810240394
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Language: English
Published: 05/03/2001
Pages: 1016
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 4.94lbs
Size: 10.42h x 7.96w x 2.33d

Review Citation(s):
Scitech Book News 12/01/2000 pg. 48