Einstein’s Struggles with Quantum Theory A Reappraisal /
Einstein’s Struggles with Quantum Theory: A Reappraisal by Dipankar Home and Andrew Whitaker provides a detailed account of Albert Einstein’s thinking in regard to quantum physics. Until recently, most of Einstein’s views on quantum physics were dismissed and even ridiculed; some critics even sugges...
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| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,
2007.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2007. |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-71520-9 |
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Table of Contents:
- A Setting the Scene
- The Philosophical Background Einstein and Mach
- Einstein and Quantum Theory: The Early Years
- Quantum Mechanics and its Fundamental Issues
- The Standard Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics
- B Einstein Confronting Quantum Theory from 1925
- Einstein’s Approaches to Quantum Theory 1925-1935
- EPR and its Aftermath
- Einstein and the Macroscopic Limit of Quantum Mechanics
- Summary of Einstein’s Views
- C Denouement
- Bell’s Contributions and Quantum Non-locality
- Non-standard Quantum Interpretations
- Einstein and Quantum Information Theory
- Bridging the Quantum-Classical Divide
- D Looking Forward
- Quantum Foundations: General Outlook
- Assessment of Einstein’s Views and Contributions.