The Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics and the Measurement Process

图书标准信息

• 作者 Peter Mittelstaedt 著
• 出版社 Cambridge University Press
• 出版时间 2004-03
• ISBN 9780521602815
• 定价 356.00元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 152页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Themainthemeofthisbookistheideathatquantummechanicsisvalidnotonlyformicroscopicobjectsbutalsoforthemacroscopicapparatususedforquantummechanicalmeasurements.Theauthordemonstratestheintimaterelationsthatexistbetweenquantummechanicsanditsinterpretationwhichareinducedbythequantummechanicalmeasurementprocess.Consequently,thebookisconcernedbothwiththephilosophical,metatheoreticalproblemsofinterpretationsandwiththemoreformalproblemsofquantumobjecttheory.Theconsequencesofthisapproachturnouttobepartlyverypromisingandpartlyratherdisappointing.Ontheonehand,itispossibletogivearigorousjustificationofsomeimportantpartsofinterpretation,suchasprobability,bymeansofobjecttheory.Ontheotherhand,theproblemoftheobjectificationofmeasurementresultsleadstoinconsistencieswhichcannotberesolvedinanobviousway.Thisopenproblemhasfar-reachingconsequencesforthepossibilityofrecognisinganobjectiverealityinphysics.