Description
Book SynopsisAs probably the most successful scientific theory ever created, quantum theory has profoundly changed our view of the world and extended the limits of our knowledge, impacting both the theoretical interpretation of a tremendous range of phenomena and the practical development of a host of technological breakthroughs. Yet for all its success, quantum theory remains utterly baffling.
Quantum Reality: Theory and Philosophy, Second Edition cuts through much of the confusion to provide readers with an exploration of quantum theory that is as authoritatively comprehensive as it is intriguingly comprehensible. The book has been fully updated throughout to include the latest results in quantum entanglement, the theory and practical applications of quantum computing, quantum cosmology and quantum gravity. Needing little more than a school level physics and mathematics background, this volume requires only an interest in understanding how quantum theory came to be and t
Table of Contents
Introduction. Chapter 1. Our First Encounter with the Quantum World: Light. Chapter 2. Particles. Chapter 3. Quantum States. Chapter 4. Amplitudes. Chapter 5. Measurement. Chapter 6. Interference. Chapter 7. Free Particles. Chapter 8. Identical Particles. Chapter 9. Scattering Identical Bosons. Chapter 10. Spin. Chapter 11. Fermion States. Chapter 12. Continuous Bases. Chapter 13. Uncertainty. Chapter 14. The Equations of Quantum Theory. Chapter 15. Constrained Particles. Chapter 16. Genealogy. Chapter 17. Planck and Einstein. Chapter 18. Bohr. Chapter 19. Heisenberg. Chapter 20. De Broglie & Schrödinger. Chapter 21. Dirac. Chapter 22. Conclusions. Chapter 23. Quantum Correlations. Chapter 24. Quantum Computing. Chapter 25. Density Operators. Chapter 26. Interpretations. Chapter 27. The Copenhagen Interpretation. Chapter 28. The Many Worlds Interpretation. Chapter 29. Assorted Alternatives. Chapter 30. Consistent Histories. Chapter 31. The Ontological Interpretation. Chapter 32. Quantum Field Theory. Chapter 33. Personal Conclusions. Appendix.
