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020			_a9783030166489
040			_cIIT Kanpur
041			_aeng
082			_a530.12 _bAu51q
100			_aAuletta, Gennaro
245			_aThe quantum mechanics conundrum _binterpretation and foundations _cGennaro Auletta
260			_bSpringer _c2019 _aSwitzerland
300			_axxvi, 863p
520			_aThis comprehensive volume gives a balanced and systematic treatment of both the interpretation and the mathematical-conceptual foundations of quantum mechanics. It is written in a pedagogical style and addresses many thorny problems of fundamental physics. The first aspect concerns Interpretation. The author raises the central problems: formalism, measurement, non-locality, and causality. The main positions on these subjects are presented and critically analysed. The aim is to show that the main schools can converge on a core interpretation. The second aspect concerns Foundations. Here it is shown that the whole theory can be grounded on information theory. The distinction between information and signal leads us to integrating quantum mechanics and relativity. Category theory is presented and its significance for quantum information shown; the logic and epistemological bases of the theory are assessed. Of relevance to all physicists and philosophers with an interest in quantum theory and its foundations, this book is destined to become a classic work.
650			_aQuantum theory
942			_cBK
999			_c560896 _d560896