Ebook: Sixty-Two Years of Uncertainty: Historical, Philosophical, and Physical Inquiries into the Foundations of Quantum Mechanics

This volume contains proceedings from the International School of History of Science, Sixty-Two Years of Uncertainty: Historical Philosophical and Physical Inquiries into the Foundations of Quantum Mechanics, convened at the Ettore Maj orana Centre for Scientific Culture, Erice, Sicily, 5-15 August 1989. In response to the high state of enth,usiasm from the sixty-one participants there were six to eight lectures each day, beginning at 9:00 AM and often ending at 7:00 PM. Vigorous discussions took place at every opportunity, even including the delightful excursions. The papers presented here are by the twelve invited lecturers (in some cases with coauthors) with a contribution from Philip Pearle. AU of us attending the conference express our appreciation to the exemplary staff of the Ettore Majorana Centre, and particularly to the Centre's Director, Professor Antonino Zichichi. for superb hospitality which made this conference a memorable intellectual and cultural experience. It is a pleasure to acknowledge financial support from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Scientific Affairs Division.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Opening Remarks....Pages 1-2
Imagery, Probability and the Roots of Werner Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle Paper....Pages 3-15
Against “Measurement”....Pages 17-31
An Exposition of Bell’s Theorem....Pages 33-43
Wave-Particle Duality : A Case Study....Pages 45-59
“Nicht Sein Kann was Nicht Sein Darf,” or the Prehistory of EPR, 1909–1935: Einstein’s Early Worries about the Quantum Mechanics of Composite Systems....Pages 61-111
Introduction to Two-Particle Interferometry....Pages 113-119
A New View on the Uncertainty Principle....Pages 121-137
Measurement Problems in Quantum Field Theory in the 1930’s....Pages 139-152
On the Collapse of the Wave-Function....Pages 153-165
Old and New Ideas in the Theory of Quantum Measurement....Pages 167-191
Toward a Relativistic Theory of Statevector Reduction....Pages 193-214
The Breakdown of the Superposition Principle....Pages 215-231
Mathematical and Philosophical Questions in the Theory of Open and Macroscopic Quantum Systems....Pages 233-257
Induced Nonlinear Time Evolution of Open Quantum Objects....Pages 259-280
Quantum Logic: A Summary of Some Issues....Pages 281-296
Remarks on the Measurement of Discrete Physical Quantities....Pages 297-307
Some Comments and Reflections....Pages 309-310
Back Matter....Pages 311-316

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Opening Remarks....Pages 1-2
Imagery, Probability and the Roots of Werner Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle Paper....Pages 3-15
Against “Measurement”....Pages 17-31
An Exposition of Bell’s Theorem....Pages 33-43
Wave-Particle Duality : A Case Study....Pages 45-59
“Nicht Sein Kann was Nicht Sein Darf,” or the Prehistory of EPR, 1909–1935: Einstein’s Early Worries about the Quantum Mechanics of Composite Systems....Pages 61-111
Introduction to Two-Particle Interferometry....Pages 113-119
A New View on the Uncertainty Principle....Pages 121-137
Measurement Problems in Quantum Field Theory in the 1930’s....Pages 139-152
On the Collapse of the Wave-Function....Pages 153-165
Old and New Ideas in the Theory of Quantum Measurement....Pages 167-191
Toward a Relativistic Theory of Statevector Reduction....Pages 193-214
The Breakdown of the Superposition Principle....Pages 215-231
Mathematical and Philosophical Questions in the Theory of Open and Macroscopic Quantum Systems....Pages 233-257
Induced Nonlinear Time Evolution of Open Quantum Objects....Pages 259-280
Quantum Logic: A Summary of Some Issues....Pages 281-296
Remarks on the Measurement of Discrete Physical Quantities....Pages 297-307
Some Comments and Reflections....Pages 309-310
Back Matter....Pages 311-316
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