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Chance in Physics

Foundations and Perspectives

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  • © 2001

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Editors:
  1. Jean Bricmont

    1. Fyma: Unité de physique theorique et de physique mathematique, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain la Neuve, Belgium

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  2. Giancarlo Ghirardi

    1. Department of Theoretical Physics, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy

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  3. Detlef Dürr

    1. Mathematisches Institut, Universiät München, München, Germany

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  4. Francesco Petruccione

    1. Fakultät für Physik, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg, Germany

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  5. Maria Carla Galavotti

    1. Dipartimento di Fisica, Bologna, Italy

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  6. Nino Zanghi

    1. Dipartimento di Fisica, Genova, Italy

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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics (LNP, volume 574)

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. Introduction

    1. Bayes, Boltzmann and Bohm: Probabilities in Physics

      • Jean Bricmont
      Pages 3-21

  3. Classical Statistical Mechanics

    1. The Rise of Statistical Mechanics

      • Carlo Cercignani
      Pages 25-38

    2. Boltzmann’s Approach to Statistical Mechanics

      • Sheldon Goldstein
      Pages 39-54

    3. Microscopic Time Reversibility and the Boltzmann Equation

      • Herbert Spohn
      Pages 55-59

    4. The Direction of Time

      • Oliver Penrose
      Pages 61-82

    5. How to Implement Boltzmann’s Probabilistic Ideas in a Relativistic World?

      • Michael K.-H. Kiessling
      Pages 83-100

  4. Quantum Mechanics

    1. Probability in Orthodox Quantum Mechanics: Probability as a Postulate Versus Probability as an Emergent Phenomenon

      • Stephen L. Adler
      Pages 103-114

    2. Bohmian Mechanics

      • Detlef Dürr
      Pages 115-131

    3. Chance of Reduction as Chance of Spontaneous Localisation

      • Alberto Rimini
      Pages 133-147

    4. Probabilities, Decohering Histories, and the Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics

      • Roland Omnès
      Pages 149-156

    5. Space Time and Probability

      • Simon W. Saunders
      Pages 157-165

    6. Hidden Variables, Statistical Mechanics and the Early Universe

      • Antony Valentini
      Pages 165-181

    7. Perspectives of the Dynamical Reduction Program

      • Gian Carlo Ghirardi
      Pages 183-193

    8. Relativistic Theory of Continuous Measurements

      • Heinz-Peter Breuer, Francesco Petruccione
      Pages 195-212

    9. Probabilistic Results for Six Detectors in a Three-Particle GHZ Experiment

      • José Acacio de Barros, Patrick Suppes
      Pages 213-223

    10. Classical Versus Quantum Probabilities

      • Enrico G. Beltrametti
      Pages 225-232

  5. Chaotic Systems

    1. Does Quantum Chaos Exist?

      • Andreas Knauf
      Pages 235-241

    2. Time-Scales for the Approach to Thermal Equilibrium

      • Stefano Ruffo
      Pages 243-251

    3. Einstein’s Nonconventional Conception of the Photon and the Modern Theory of Dynamical Systems

      • Andrea Carati, Luigi Galgani
      Pages 253-261
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About this book

This selection of reviews and papers is intended to stimulate renewed reflection on the fundamental and practical aspects of probability in physics. While putting emphasis on conceptual aspects in the foundations of statistical and quantum mechanics, the book deals with the philosophy of probability in its interrelation with mathematics and physics in general. Addressing graduate students and researchers in physics and mathematics togehter with philosophers of science, the contributions avoid cumbersome technicalities in order to make the book worthwhile reading for nonspecialists and specialists alike.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Fyma: Unité de physique theorique et de physique mathematique, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain la Neuve, Belgium

    Jean Bricmont

  • Department of Theoretical Physics, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy

    Giancarlo Ghirardi

  • Mathematisches Institut, Universiät München, München, Germany

    Detlef Dürr

  • Fakultät für Physik, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg, Germany

    Francesco Petruccione

  • Dipartimento di Fisica, Bologna, Italy

    Maria Carla Galavotti

  • Dipartimento di Fisica, Genova, Italy

    Nino Zanghi

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