LEADER 05002nam 22005655 450 001 9910254626103321 005 20200706082131.0 010 $a3-319-32068-8 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-32068-7 035 $a(CKB)3710000000873150 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-32068-7 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4697487 035 $a(PPN)195513002 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000873150 100 $a20160926d2016 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Principles of Quantum Theory, From Planck's Quanta to the Higgs Boson $eThe Nature of Quantum Reality and the Spirit of Copenhagen /$fby Arkady Plotnitsky 205 $a1st ed. 2016. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (XXXIV, 313 p.) 311 $a3-319-32066-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aIntroduction -- Foundational and Principle Thinking in Fundamental Physics, from Riemann to Einstein to Heisenberg -- Bohr, Heisenberg, Schrödinger, and the Physical, Mathematical, and Philosophical Nature of Quantum Mechanics -- Complementarity as a Concept, a Principle, and an Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics: Niels Bohr and the Philosophical Architecture of Quantum Theory -- Reality, Causality, and Probability in Classical, Relativistic, and Quantum Physics -- The Principles of Quantum Theory, Dirac's Equation, and Quantum Information -- ?Who Thinks Abstractly??: Quantum Theory and the Architecture of Physical Concepts -- The Art and Science of Experimentation in Quantum Physics. 330 $aThe book considers foundational thinking in quantum theory, focusing on the role the fundamental principles and principle thinking there, including thinking that leads to the invention of new principles, which is, the book contends, one of the ultimate achievements of theoretical thinking in physics and beyond. The focus on principles, prominent during the rise and in the immediate aftermath of quantum theory, has been uncommon in more recent discussions and debates concerning it. The book argues, however, that exploring the fundamental principles and principle thinking is exceptionally helpful in addressing the key issues at stake in quantum foundations and the seemingly interminable debates concerning them. Principle thinking led to major breakthroughs throughout the history of quantum theory, beginning with the old quantum theory and quantum mechanics, the first definitive quantum theory, which it remains within its proper (nonrelativistic) scope. It has, the book also argues, been equally important in quantum field theory, which has been the frontier of quantum theory for quite a while now, and more recently, in quantum information theory, where principle thinking was given new prominence. The approach allows the book to develop a new understanding of both the history and philosophy of quantum theory, from Planck?s quantum to the Higgs boson, and beyond, and of the thinking the key founding figures, such as Einstein, Bohr, Heisenberg, Schrödinger, and Dirac, as well as some among more recent theorists. The book also extensively considers the nature of quantum probability, and contains a new interpretation of quantum mechanics, ?the statistical Copenhagen interpretation.? Overall, the book?s argument is guided by what Heisenberg called ?the spirit of Copenhagen,? which is defined by three great divorces from the preceding foundational thinking in physics?reality from realism, probability from causality, and locality from relativity?and defined the fundamental principles of quantum theory accordingly. 606 $aQuantum theory 606 $aPhilosophy and science 606 $aPhysics 606 $aProbabilities 606 $aQuantum Physics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P19080 606 $aPhilosophy of Science$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/E34000 606 $aHistory and Philosophical Foundations of Physics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P29000 606 $aProbability Theory and Stochastic Processes$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/M27004 615 0$aQuantum theory. 615 0$aPhilosophy and science. 615 0$aPhysics. 615 0$aProbabilities. 615 14$aQuantum Physics. 615 24$aPhilosophy of Science. 615 24$aHistory and Philosophical Foundations of Physics. 615 24$aProbability Theory and Stochastic Processes. 676 $a530.12 700 $aPlotnitsky$b Arkady$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0814131 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910254626103321 996 $aThe Principles of Quantum Theory, From Planck's Quanta to the Higgs Boson$92509825 997 $aUNINA