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Author Bacciagaluppi, Guido

Title Quantum theory at the crossroads : reconsidering the 1927 Solvay Conference / Guido Bacciagaluppi, Antony Valentini
Published Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xxv, 530 pages) : illustrations
Contents Perspectives on the 1927 Solvay Conference -- Historical introduction -- De Broglie's pilot-wave theory -- From matrix mechanics to quantum mechanics -- Schrödinger's wave mechanics -- Quantum foundations and the 1927 Solvay Conference -- Quantum theory and the measurement problem -- Interference, superposition, and wave packet collapse -- Locality and incompleteness -- Time, determinism, and the spacetime framework -- Guiding fields in 3-space -- Scattering and measurement in de Broglie's pilot-wave theory -- Pilot-wave theory in retrospect -- Beyond the Bohr-Einstein debate -- The proceedings of the 1927 Solvay Conference: The intensity of X-ray reflection / W.L. Bragg ; Disagreements between experiment and the electromagnetic theory of radiation / A.H. Compton ; The new dynamics of quanta / L. de Broglie ; Quantum mechanics / M. Born and W. Heisenberg ; Wave mechanics / E. Schrödinger ; General discussion of the new ideas presented
Summary The 1927 Solvay conference was very important meeting in the history of quantum theory, but no consensus was reached. This book contains a complete translation of the original proceedings, with background essays on the three main interpretations of quantum theory presented at the conference
Notes Includes, on p. 251-469, an English translation of the Conference's proceedings, which were published in French in 1928 under the title Électrons et photons
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Includes translation of the proceedings of the conference into English
Print version record
Subject Instituts Solvay.
SUBJECT Instituts Solvay fast
Brüssel -- Solvay Conference on Physics. swd
Conseil de physique (5th : 1927 : Brussels, Belgium)
Conseil de physique fast
Subject Quantum theory -- History
SCIENCE -- Physics -- Quantum Theory.
Quantum theory
Quantentheorie
Kwantummechanica.
Solvay-conferenties.
Genre/Form proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
History
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Form Electronic book
Author Valentini, Antony
Conseil de physique (5th : 1927 : Brussels, Belgium). Électrons et photons. English
LC no. 2008019585
ISBN 9781139649162
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Other Titles Électrons et photons
Électrons et photons
Électrons et photons
Électrons et photons
Électrons et photons
Électrons et photons