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050	0	0	_aQC173.96 _b.B33 2009
082	0	0	_a530.12 _222
100	1		_aBacciagaluppi, Guido, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aQuantum theory at the crossroads : _breconsidering the 1927 Solvay Conference / _cGuido Bacciagaluppi, Antony Valentini.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2009.
300			_a1 online resource (xxv, 530 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
505	0		_aPerspectives 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.
520			_aThe 1927 Solvay conference was perhaps the most important in the history of quantum theory. Contrary to popular belief, questions of interpretation were not settled at this conference. Instead, a range of sharply conflicting views were extensively discussed, including de Broglie's pilot-wave theory (which de Broglie presented for a many-body system), Born and Heisenberg's 'quantum mechanics' (which apparently lacked wave function collapse or fundamental time evolution), and Schrödinger's wave mechanics. Today, there is no longer a dominant interpretation of quantum theory, so it is important to re-evaluate the historical sources and keep the debate open. This book contains a complete translation of the original proceedings, with essays on the three main interpretations presented, and a detailed analysis of the lectures and discussions in the light of current research. This book will be of interest to graduate students and researchers in physics and in the history and philosophy of quantum theory.
610	2	0	_aInstituts Solvay.
611	2	0	_aConseil de physique _n(5th : _d1927 : _cBrussels, Belgium)
650		0	_aQuantum theory _xHistory.
700	1		_aValentini, Antony, _eauthor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521814218
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139194983
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