Quantum Reality by Jim Baggott
The Quest for the Real Meaning of Quantum Mechanics
An accessible tour of the conceptual foundations and interpretational debates of quantum mechanics, this book explains key experiments and principles such as superposition, entanglement, uncertainty, Bell tests, and decoherence, then evaluates major interpretations from Copenhagen and pilot-wave to Many-Worlds, objective collapse, relational views, and QBism. It weighs what these frameworks claim about the nature of reality, information, and measurement, separates established results from speculation, and argues for a cautious scientific realism while highlighting open questions that future theory and experiment must resolve.
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- Published
- 1985
- Nationality
- British
- Length
- Moderate
- Pages
- 450-500
- Original Language
- English
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