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Quantum theory at the crossroads [electronic resource] : reconsidering the 1927 Solvay Conference / Guido Bacciagaluppi, Antony Valentini.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Publication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.Description: 1 online resource (xxv, 530 p.) : illISBN:
  • 9781139649162 (electronic bk.)
  • 1139649167 (electronic bk.)
Contained works:
  • Conseil de physique (5th : 1927 : Brussels, Belgium). Électrons et photons. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Quantum theory at the crossroads.DDC classification:
  • 530.12 22
LOC classification:
  • QC173.96 .B33 2009eb
Other classification:
  • 33.01
  • UK 1100
  • UK 1127
  • PHY 028n
Online resources:
Contents:
Perspectives on the 1927 Solvay Conference -- Historical introduction -- De Broglie's pilot-wave theory -- From matrix mechanics to quantum mechanics -- Schrödinger's wave mechanics -- Quantum foundations and the 1927 Solvay Conference -- Quantum theory and the measurement problem -- Interference, superposition, and wave packet collapse -- Locality and incompleteness -- Time, determinism, and the spacetime framework -- Guiding fields in 3-space -- Scattering and measurement in de Broglie's pilot-wave theory -- Pilot-wave theory in retrospect -- Beyond the Bohr-Einstein debate -- The proceedings of the 1927 Solvay Conference: The intensity of X-ray reflection / W.L. Bragg ; Disagreements between experiment and the electromagnetic theory of radiation / A.H. Compton ; The new dynamics of quanta / L. de Broglie ; Quantum mechanics / M. Born and W. Heisenberg ; Wave mechanics / E. Schrödinger ; General discussion of the new ideas presented.
Summary: The 1927 Solvay conference was very important meeting in the history of quantum theory, but no consensus was reached. This book contains a complete translation of the original proceedings, with background essays on the three main interpretations of quantum theory presented at the conference.
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Includes, on p. 251-469, an English translation of the Conference's proceedings, which were published in French in 1928 under the title Électrons et photons.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Perspectives on the 1927 Solvay Conference -- Historical introduction -- De Broglie's pilot-wave theory -- From matrix mechanics to quantum mechanics -- Schrödinger's wave mechanics -- Quantum foundations and the 1927 Solvay Conference -- Quantum theory and the measurement problem -- Interference, superposition, and wave packet collapse -- Locality and incompleteness -- Time, determinism, and the spacetime framework -- Guiding fields in 3-space -- Scattering and measurement in de Broglie's pilot-wave theory -- Pilot-wave theory in retrospect -- Beyond the Bohr-Einstein debate -- The proceedings of the 1927 Solvay Conference: The intensity of X-ray reflection / W.L. Bragg ; Disagreements between experiment and the electromagnetic theory of radiation / A.H. Compton ; The new dynamics of quanta / L. de Broglie ; Quantum mechanics / M. Born and W. Heisenberg ; Wave mechanics / E. Schrödinger ; General discussion of the new ideas presented.

The 1927 Solvay conference was very important meeting in the history of quantum theory, but no consensus was reached. This book contains a complete translation of the original proceedings, with background essays on the three main interpretations of quantum theory presented at the conference.

Includes translation of the proceedings of the conference into English.

Description based on print version record.

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