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Paradox Lost

Images of the Quantum

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  • © 1996

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Authors:
  1. Philip R. Wallace

    1. McGill University, Victoria, Canada

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Table of contents (36 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • Philip R. Wallace
    Pages 1-6

  3. Beyond the Ether

    • Philip R. Wallace
    Pages 7-8

  4. Introduction to Quantum Mechanics

    • Philip R. Wallace
    Pages 9-10

  5. Analysis of the Photoelectric Effect

    • Philip R. Wallace
    Pages 11-14

  6. De Broglie and Electron Waves

    • Philip R. Wallace
    Pages 15-23

  7. The Wave Function and Feynman’s Two-Slit Experiment

    • Philip R. Wallace
    Pages 24-29

  8. The Pauli Exclusion Principle: the Identity of Particles

    • Philip R. Wallace
    Pages 30-31

  9. The Schrödinger Wave Equation and the Hydrogen Atom

    • Philip R. Wallace
    Pages 32-34

  10. Critique of the Pointlike Electron

    • Philip R. Wallace
    Pages 35-37

  11. Complementary Attributes and the Uncertainty Principle

    • Philip R. Wallace
    Pages 38-41

  12. An Illustration: Polarized Light

    • Philip R. Wallace
    Pages 42-46

  13. Heisenberg and Measurement

    • Philip R. Wallace
    Pages 47-49

  14. More on Measurement

    • Philip R. Wallace
    Pages 50-53

  15. Further Reflections on the Bohr-Peierls Interpretation

    • Philip R. Wallace
    Pages 54-56

  16. Toward the Dirac Viewpoint

    • Philip R. Wallace
    Pages 57-62

  17. Feynman’s Path Integral Method

    • Philip R. Wallace
    Pages 63-65

  18. Are Fields All?

    • Philip R. Wallace
    Pages 66-67

  19. A Visit With Photons: Identity and Flexibility

    • Philip R. Wallace
    Pages 68-71

  20. Can Wave Packets Be Particles?

    • Philip R. Wallace
    Pages 72-73
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"Medical scientists use the word `iatrogenic' to refer to disabilities that are the consequence of medical treatment. We believe that some such word might be coined to refer to philosophical difficulties for which philosophers themselves are responsible" Sir Peter Medawar Arguing that quantum theory as it stands is perhaps the most comprehensive, well-verified, and successful theory in the history of science, the author clears away the impression that it is an incomplete, philosophically flawed, and self-contradictory theory. In simple terms accessible to anyone with a little prior knowledge of science, Wallace examines the numerous "paradoxes" and "difficulties" claimed for quantum mechanics, and shows that they are due to excesses of interpretation that have been imposed on the theory.

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"I recommend this book to physicists, especially quantum mechanics lecturers and their students. You will enjoy it as I did." Australian & New Zealand Physicist

FROM THE REVIEWS:

ZEITSCHRIFT FUR PHYSIKALISCHE CHEMIE
"Within the bulk of books introducing non-professionals to quantum physics that of Wallace certainly belongs to the most reasonable ones.”

AUSTRALIAN & NEW ZEALAND PHYSICIST
"The author is always very perceptive, and often presents things from a slightly nonstandard viewpoint, or with considerable clarity…The various sections of the book are well and pertinently referenced…I recommend this book to physicists, especially quantum mechanics lecturers and their students. You will enjoy it as I did.”

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  • McGill University, Victoria, Canada

    Philip R. Wallace

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