Overview
- In many respects this is a unique book.
- There is no other book on the market featuring such an ensemble of leading figures in quantum mechanics and offering such a combination of articles and exchanges
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: The Frontiers Collection (FRONTCOLL)
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Table of contents (21 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
For more than a century, quantum mechanics has served as a very powerful theory that has expanded physics and technology far beyond their classical limits, yet it has also produced some of the most difficult paradoxes known to the human mind. This book represents the combined efforts of sixteen of today's most eminent theoretical physicists to lay out future directions for quantum physics. The authors include Yakir Aharonov, Anton Zeilinger; the Nobel laureates Anthony Leggett and Geradus 't Hooft; Basil Hiley, Lee Smolin and Henry Stapp. Following a foreword by Roger Penrose, the individual chapters address questions such as quantum non-locality, the measurement problem, quantum insights into relativity, cosmology and thermodynamics, and the possible bearing of quantum phenomena on biology and consciousness.
Reviews
From the reviews:
"The book comprises eighteen purpose-written chapters and three others featuring verbatim reports of discussions between workshop participants. … It all makes for an interesting read – much of it quite demanding, and repaying a reader’s commitment to further reflection. … I commend this volume as a thought-provoking and largely entertaining read." (D. L. Andrews, Contemporary Physics, Vol. 47 (1), 2006)
"Quantum Mechanics appears to be at a turning point. … to read this cooperative work is a ‘must’ for all the people interested by the strange nature of quantum matters. … most of the great names of the field do contribute to this interesting volume. There is also an open door to the field of biophysics and to the understanding of the connection of our minds to our bodies. Eventually, the three roundtable discussions … ideally complement the contributed papers." (Jean-Marie André, Physicalia Magazine, Vol. 30 (1), 2008)
"It provides a valuable perspective on how the current leaders in the field think and gives a sense of what heuristics motivate them … . useful to someone beginning graduate studies in the foundations of quantum mechanics: as something to dip into to help orient them; to suggest promising avenues for cutting-edge research; and to give a vivid sense of the shape of the field. … It’s a volume that all workers on the foundations of physics will be pleased to have on their shelves." (Christopher Timpson, Metascience, Vol. 16, 2007)
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Quo Vadis Quantum Mechanics?
Editors: Avshalom C. Elitzur, Shahar Dolev, Nancy Kolenda
Series Title: The Frontiers Collection
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b137897
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2005
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-22188-3Published: 19 January 2005
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-06064-9Published: 22 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-26669-3Published: 30 March 2006
Series ISSN: 1612-3018
Series E-ISSN: 2197-6619
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 421
Number of Illustrations: 61 b/w illustrations
Topics: Quantum Physics, Philosophy, general, Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics, Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory