We still lack any consensus about what one is actually talking about as one uses quantum
mechanics. There is a gap between the abstract terms in which the theory is couched and …

This book is both apparently ambitious and modest in its aims. Ambitious, as it attempts to
achieve something that has been declared impossible by some of the greatest physicists …

When investigating various interpretations of quantum mechanics one notices that each
interpretation contains an element which escapes a complete and full description. This …

In this book Jeffrey A. Barrett provides an introduction to the history and conceptual
foundations of quantum mechanics. He begins with a description of classical mechanics and …

Many of the pioneers of quantum mechanics-notably Planck, Einstein, Bohr, de Broglie,
Heisenberg, Schrodinger, Born, Jordan, Lande, Wigner, and London-were seriously …

Recently there has been a spate of articles, reviews, and letters in Physics Today promoting
various “interpretations” of quantum theory (see March 1998, page 42; April 1998, page 38; …

In this magisterial work, Roland Omnès takes us from the academies of ancient Greece to
the laboratories of modern science as he seeks to do no less than rebuild the foundations of …

Empirical adequacy, formal explanation and understanding are distinct goals of science.
While no a priori criterion for understanding should be laid down, there may be inherent …

Quantum mechanics is an extraordinarily successful scientific theory. It is also completely
mad. Although the theory quite obviously works, it leaves us chasing ghosts and phantoms; …

This book is a critical introduction to the long-standing debate concerning the conceptual
foundations of quantum mechanics and the problems it has posed for physicists and …