03549nam a22004577a 4500 37424 BD-DhAAL 20211111151520.0 0402 t2019 njua b 001 0 eng c 42007 42007 2018949371 9780691183527 069118352X (OCoLC)on1032655217 YDX eng YDX rda BDX ERASA TOH OCLCQ MNN IND YDXIT OCLCF GZM BNG CNO OBE CHVBK OCLCO MLSOD OCLCA DLC BD-DhAAL QC174.12 .M372 2019 530.12 23 Maudlin, Tim, author. 40843 Philosophy of physics : quantum theory / Tim Maudlin. Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2019. xiii, 233 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. Princeton foundations of contemporary philosophy Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-230) and index. Introduction -- Eight experiments -- The quantum recipe -- The wavefunction and the quantum state -- Collapse theories and the problem of local beables -- Pilot wave theories -- Many worlds -- Relativistic quantum field theory. "In this book, Tim Maudlin, one of the world's leading philosophers of physics, offers a sophisticated, original introduction to the philosophy of quantum mechanics. The briefest, clearest, and most refined account of his influential approach to the subject, the book will be invaluable to all students of philosophy and physics. Quantum mechanics holds a unique place in the history of physics. It has produced the most accurate predictions of any scientific theory, but, more astonishing, there has never been any agreement about what the theory implies about physical reality. Maudlin argues that the very term "quantum theory" is a misnomer. A proper physical theory should clearly describe what is there and what it does--yet standard textbooks present quantum mechanics as a predictive recipe in search of a physical theory. In contrast, Maudlin explores three proper theories that recover the quantum predictions: the indeterministic wavefunction collapse theory of Ghirardi, Rimini, and Weber; the deterministic particle theory of deBroglie and Bohm; and the conceptually challenging Many Worlds theory of Everett. Each offers a radically different proposal for the nature of physical reality, but Maudlin shows that none of them are what they are generally taken to be."-- CSE Trim Education 37424, 37425 Quantum theory Philosophy. 40844 Physics Philosophy. 40845 Relativity (Physics) 40846 Physics Philosophy. fast 40845 Quantum theory Philosophy. fast 40844 Relativity (Physics) fast 40846 Philosophie gnd 40847 Quantentheorie gnd 40848 Computer science 42584 Princeton foundations of contemporary philosophy. 40849 Ayesha Abed Library General Stacks ddc BK 0 0 ddc 0 530_120000000000000_MAU 0 69134 BRACUL BRACUL GEN 2020-12-08 Trim Education 2515.00 3 20 530.12 MAU 3010037425 2022-12-15 2022-11-21 2 2515.00 2020-12-08 BK Received during COVID-19 pandemic 0 0 ddc 0 530_120000000000000_MAU 0 69135 BRACUL BRACUL GEN 2020-12-08 Trim Education 2515.00 1 24 530.12 MAU 3010037424 2025-04-28 2024-09-17 1 2515.00 2020-12-08 BK Received during COVID-19 pandemic