The Undivided Universe: An Ontological Interpretation of Quantum Theory

ISBN-13: 9780415065887 / Angielski / Twarda / 1993 / 412 str.

David Bohm; Basil Hiley

Opis

In The Undivided Universe, David Bohm, one of the foremost scientific thinkers of the day and one of the most distinguished physicists of his generation presents a totally new approach to quantum theory. With Basil Hiley, his co-author, an interpretation of quantum theory is developed which gives a clear intuitive understanding of its meaning and in which there is a coherent notion of the reality of the universe without assuming a fundamental role for the human observer. With the aid of new concepts such as active information and non-locality they provide a comprehensive account of all the basic features of quantum theory, including the relativistic domain and quantum field theory. They contrast the new approach with other commonly accepted interpretations and show that paradoxical or unsatisfactory features of the other interpretations, such as the wave-particle duality, do not arise. Finally, on the basis of the new interpretation the authors make suggestions that go beyond current quantum theory and they indicate areas in which quantum theory may be expected to break down in a way that will allow for a test.

Recenzje

'This is a brilliant book, of great depth and originality. Every physicist and physics student who wants to understand quantum mechanics should read this book.' - Physics Today

'A remarkable piece of work.' - Times Higher Education Supplement

'One of the most important works on quantum theory to appear during the last twenty years.' - Journal of Consciousness Studies

'This is a rich and stimulating book. It is indispensable reading for anyone with a serious interest in the interpretation of quantum theory.' - John Polkinghorne

'You will be very impressed by this wise and deep book that will certainly broaden your horizens and start you thinking about many things you thought you were sure of.' - Science

'This book disturbs the reader, because the profound originality of its thinking differs so much from mainstream physics and from what the new age has made of physics. It could be that it will in the course of time disturb also the course of physics.' - Network

'An important, forward-looking book.' - New Scientist

Spis treści

Introduction, Ontological versus epistemological interpretations of the quantum theory, Caudal interpretation of the one-body system, The many-body system, Transition processes considered as independent of observation, Measurement as a special case of quantum process, Nonlocality, The large scale world and the classical limit of the quantum theory, The role of statistics in the ontological interpretation of quantum theory, The ontological interpretation of the Pauli equation, The ontological interpretation of boson fields, On the relativistic invariance of our ontogical interpretation, On the many-worlds interpretation, Extension of ontological theories beyond the domain of quantum mechanics, Quantum theory and the implicate order.

O autorze

Bohm, David; Hiley, Basil J.