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Sixty-Two Years of Uncertainty

Historical, Philosophical, and Physical Inquiries into the Foundations of Quantum Mechanics

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  1. Arthur I. Miller

    1. Cambridge University, Cambridge, England

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Part of the book series: NATO Science Series B: (NSSB, volume 226)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Opening Remarks

    • Arthur I. Miller
    Pages 1-2

  3. Imagery, Probability and the Roots of Werner Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle Paper

    • Arthur I. Miller
    Pages 3-15

  4. Against “Measurement”

    • J. S. Bell
    Pages 17-31

  5. An Exposition of Bell’s Theorem

    • Abner Shimony
    Pages 33-43

  6. Wave-Particle Duality : A Case Study

    • Alain Aspect, Philippe Grangier
    Pages 45-59

  7. “Nicht Sein Kann was Nicht Sein Darf,” or the Prehistory of EPR, 1909–1935: Einstein’s Early Worries about the Quantum Mechanics of Composite Systems

    • Don Howard
    Pages 61-111

  8. Introduction to Two-Particle Interferometry

    • Michael A. Horne, Abner Shimony, Anton Zeilinger
    Pages 113-119

  9. A New View on the Uncertainty Principle

    • J. Hilgevoord, J. Uffink
    Pages 121-137

  10. Measurement Problems in Quantum Field Theory in the 1930’s

    • Arthur I. Miller
    Pages 139-152

  11. On the Collapse of the Wave-Function

    • David Z. Albert
    Pages 153-165

  12. Old and New Ideas in the Theory of Quantum Measurement

    • Gian Carlo Ghirardi, Alberto Rimini
    Pages 167-191

  13. Toward a Relativistic Theory of Statevector Reduction

    • Philip Pearle
    Pages 193-214

  14. The Breakdown of the Superposition Principle

    • F. Károlyházy
    Pages 215-231

  15. Mathematical and Philosophical Questions in the Theory of Open and Macroscopic Quantum Systems

    • Hans Primas
    Pages 233-257

  16. Induced Nonlinear Time Evolution of Open Quantum Objects

    • Hans Primas
    Pages 259-280

  17. Quantum Logic: A Summary of Some Issues

    • E. G. Beltrametti
    Pages 281-296

  18. Remarks on the Measurement of Discrete Physical Quantities

    • E. G. Beltrametti
    Pages 297-307

  19. Some Comments and Reflections

    • Abner Shimony
    Pages 309-310

  20. Back Matter

    Pages 311-316
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About this book

This volume contains proceedings from the International School of History of Science, Sixty-Two Years of Uncertainty: Historical Philosophical and Physical Inquiries into the Foundations of Quantum Mechanics, convened at the Ettore Maj orana Centre for Scientific Culture, Erice, Sicily, 5-15 August 1989. In response to the high state of enth,usiasm from the sixty-one participants there were six to eight lectures each day, beginning at 9:00 AM and often ending at 7:00 PM. Vigorous discussions took place at every opportunity, even including the delightful excursions. The papers presented here are by the twelve invited lecturers (in some cases with coauthors) with a contribution from Philip Pearle. AU of us attending the conference express our appreciation to the exemplary staff of the Ettore Majorana Centre, and particularly to the Centre's Director, Professor Antonino Zichichi. for superb hospitality which made this conference a memorable intellectual and cultural experience. It is a pleasure to acknowledge financial support from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Scientific Affairs Division.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Cambridge University, Cambridge, England

    Arthur I. Miller

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Sixty-Two Years of Uncertainty

  • Book Subtitle: Historical, Philosophical, and Physical Inquiries into the Foundations of Quantum Mechanics

  • Editors: Arthur I. Miller

  • Series Title: NATO Science Series B:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8771-8

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1990

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-8773-2Published: 02 June 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-8771-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0258-1221

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 316

  • Topics: Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons

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