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Do we really understand quantum mechanics? /

"Quantum mechanics is a fantastically successful theory that has impacted on many areas of physics, from pure theory to applications. However, it is difficult to interpret, and philosophical contradictions and counter-intuitive results are apparent at a fundamental level. In this book, Laloë pr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Laloe, Franck
Format: Printed Book
Published: London : Cambridge University Press , 2019
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Historical perspective
  • Present situation, remaining conceptual difficulties
  • The theorem of Einstein, Podolsky, and Rosen
  • Bell theorem
  • Other inequalities, Cirelson's limit, signaling
  • More theorems
  • Quantum entanglement
  • Applications of quantum entanglement
  • Quantum measurement
  • Experiments : quantum reduction seen in real time
  • Various interpretations and reconstructions of quantum mechanics
  • Conclusion.