E-Books →The Conceptual Foundations of Quantum Mechanics

Jeffrey A. Barrett, "The Conceptual Foundations of Quantum Mechanics"
English | 2020 | pages: 268 | ISBN: 0198844697, 0198844689 | PDF | 2,2 mb
In this book Jeffrey A. Barrett provides an introduction to the history and conceptual foundations of quantum mechanics. He begins with a description of classical mechanics and a discussion of the quantum phenomena that radically undermine our common-sense classical intuitions about how the physical world works. He then considers the physical and conceptual arguments that led to the standard von Neumann-Dirac formulation of quantum mechanics and how the standard theory explains quantum phenomena. This includes a discussion of how the theory's two dynamical laws work with the standard interpretation of states to explain determinate measurement records, quantum statistics, interference effects, entanglement, decoherence, and quantum nonlocality.