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Bacciagaluppi, Guido.

Quantum theory at the crossroads : reconsidering the 1927 Solvay conference / Guido Bacciagaluppi, Antony Valentini. - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009. - xxv, 530 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 -- H.A. Loretz -- Fifth physics 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.


Includes translation of the proceedings of the conference into English.

ISBN: 9780521814218 (hbk.)

LCCN: 2008019585

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA8B1821 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 014760260 Uk

Subjects--Meeting Names:
Conseil de physique Brussels, Belgium) 1927 : (5th :

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Quantum theory--Congresses.

LC Class. No.: QC173.96 / .B33 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 530.12