The World According to Quantum Mechanics : Why the Laws of Physics Make Perfect Sense After All - 2nd Edition

Apart from providing a lucid introduction to the mathematical formalism and conceptual foundations of quantum mechanics, we explain why the laws of physics have the form that they do. In addition, we present a new and unique look at the quantum world, steering clear of two common errors: the error of the ?-ontologists, who reify a calculational tool; and the error of the anti-realists, for whom physical theories are simply devices for expressing regularities among observations. The new edition of this acclaimed text adds around 200 pages on a variety of topics, such as how the founders sought to make sense of quantum mechanics, Kant's theory of science, QBism, Everettian quantum mechanics, de Broglie-Bohm theory, environmental decoherence, contextuality, nonlocality, and the paradox of subjectivity -- the curious fact that the world seems to exist twice, once for us, in our minds, and once by itself, independently of us.

• | Author: Ulrich Mohrhoff, Manu Jaiswal
• | Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• | Publication Date: Nov 29, 2018
• | Number of Pages: NA pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 9813273690
• | ISBN-13: 9789813273696