Editors:
List of contributors is a who-is-who of contemporary quantum physics
Covers topics of contemporary interest in the foundation of quantum physics
Focusses on weak measurement, which is currently one of the hottest topics in physics
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Table of contents (27 papers)
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Front Matter
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Quantum Mechanics and Reality
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Front Matter
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Building Blocks of Nature
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Front Matter
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Time and Cosmology
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Front Matter
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Universe as a Wavefunction
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Front Matter
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About this book
Yakir Aharonov is one of the leading figures in the foundations of quantum physics. His contributions range from the celebrated Aharonov-Bohm effect (1959), to the more recent theory of weak measurements (whose experimental confirmations were recently ranked as the two most important results of physics in 2011). This volume will contain 27 original articles, contributed by the most important names in quantum physics, in honor of Aharonov's 80-th birthday.
Sections include "Quantum mechanics and reality," with contributions from Nobel Laureates David Gross and Sir Anthony Leggett and Yakir Aharonov, S. Popescu and J. Tollaksen; "Building blocks of Nature" with contributions from Francois Englert (co-proposer of the scalar boson along with Peter Higgs); "Time and Cosmology" with contributions from Leonard Susskind, P.C.W. Davies and James Hartle; "Universe as a Wavefunction," with contributions from Phil Pearle, Sean Carroll and David Albert; "Nonlocality," with contributions from Nicolas Gisin, Daniel Rohrlich, Ray Chiao and Lev Vaidman; and finishing with multiple sections on weak values with contributions from A. Jordan, A. Botero, A.D. Parks, L. Johansen, F. Colombo, I. Sabadini, D.C. Struppa, M.V. Berry, B. Reznik, N. Turok, G.A.D. Briggs, Y. Gefen, P. Kwiat, and A. Pines, among others.
Editors and Affiliations
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Schmid College of Science and Technology, Chapman University, Orange, USA
Daniele C. Struppa, Jeffrey M. Tollaksen
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Quantum Theory: A Two-Time Success Story
Book Subtitle: Yakir Aharonov Festschrift
Editors: Daniele C. Struppa, Jeffrey M. Tollaksen
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-5217-8
Publisher: Springer Milano
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Italia 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-88-470-5216-1Published: 25 September 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-88-470-5863-7Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-88-470-5217-8Published: 12 September 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 406
Number of Illustrations: 83 b/w illustrations, 28 illustrations in colour
Topics: Quantum Physics, Quantum Field Theories, String Theory, History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics