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- Offers an analysis of the concept of principle and the role of principles in foundational thinking in quantum theory
- Addresses the relationships between the philosophy of quantum theory and the philosophy of probability, and argues for the essential role of these relationships in our understanding of quantum theory
- Offers a new interpretation of quantum mechanics, the statistical Copenhagen interpretation
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Book Title: The Principles of Quantum Theory, From Planck's Quanta to the Higgs Boson
Book Subtitle: The Nature of Quantum Reality and the Spirit of Copenhagen
Authors: Arkady Plotnitsky
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32068-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-32066-3Published: 05 October 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81187-1Published: 14 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-32068-7Published: 26 September 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXIV, 313
Topics: Quantum Physics, Philosophy of Science, History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics, Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes