World According To Quantum Mechanics, The: Why The Laws Of Physics Make Perfect Sense After All

Apart from providing a lucid introduction to the mathematical formalism and conceptual foundations of quantum mechanics, we explain why the laws of physics have the form that they do. In addition, we present a new and unique look at the quantum world, steering clear of two common errors: the error of the ψ-ontologists, who reify a calculational tool; and the error of the anti-realists, for whom physical theories are simply devices for expressing regularities among observations.
The new edition of this acclaimed text adds around 200 pages on a variety of topics, such as how the founders sought to make sense of quantum mechanics, Kant's theory of science, QBism, Everettian quantum mechanics, de Broglie-Bohm theory, environmental decoherence, contextuality, nonlocality, and the paradox of subjectivity - the curious fact that the world seems to exist twice, once for us, in our minds, and once by itself, independently of us.

Product details

• Authors: Manu Jaiswal, Manu Jaiswal, Ulrich Mohrhoff, Mohrhoff Ulrich, Mohrhoff Ulrich, Ulrich Mohrhoff, Ulrich Mohrhoff & Manu Jaiswal
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2018
• EAN: 9789813273696
• ISBN: 978-981-3273-69-6
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Theoretical physics; SCIENCE / Physics / Quantum Theory, Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory), Quantum physics (quantum mechanics and quantum field theory)