Speakable and Unspeakable in Quantum Mechanics
Speakable and Unspeakable in Quantum Mechanics
This book comprises all of John Bell's published and unpublished papers in the field of quantum mechanics, including two papers that appeared after the first edition was published. It also contains a preface written for the first edition, and an introduction by Alain Aspect that puts into context Bell's great contribution to the quantum philosophy debate. One of the leading expositors and interpreters of modern quantum theory, John Bell played a major role in the development of our current understanding of the profound nature of quantum concepts.
First edition Hb (1987): 0-521-33495-0
First edition Pb (1988): 0-521-36869-3
- First edition sold nearly 15,000 copies, and received exceptional reviews
- Includes two papers published after the first edition was published and before Bell died, together with a long introduction by Alain Aspect
- An excellent collection of John Bell's enormous contributions to the quantum philosophy debate
Reviews & endorsements
"One of the leading expositors and interpreters of modern quantum theory, John Bell is particularly famous for his discovery of the crucial difference between the predictions of conventional quantum mechanics and the implications of local causality. This book includes all of John Bell's published and unpublished papers on the conceptual and philosophical problems of quantum mechanics." Astronomical Society of the Pacific
"...should be read by everyone interested in fundamental questions of nature." -American Journal of Physics
Product details
June 2004Paperback
9780521523387
290 pages
227 × 151 × 19 mm
0.462kg
36 b/w illus.
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Table of Contents
- List of papers on quantum philosophy by J. S. Bell
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction by Alain Aspect
- 1. On the problem of hidden variables in quantum mechanics
- 2. On the Einstein–Rosen–Podolsky paradox
- 3. The moral aspects of quantum mechanics
- 4. Introduction to the hidden-variable question
- 5. Subject and object
- 6. On wave packet reduction in the Coleman–Hepp model
- 7. The theory of local beables
- 8. Locality in quantum mechanics: reply to critics
- 9. How to teach special relativity
- 10. Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen experiments
- 11. The measurement theory of Everett and de Broglie's pilot wave
- 12. Free variables and local causality
- 13. Atomic-cascade photons and quantum-mechanical nonlocality
- 14. de Broglie–Bohm delayed choice double-slit experiments and density matrix
- 15. Quantum mechanics for cosmologists
- 16. Bertlmann's socks and the nature of reality
- 17. On the impossible pilot wave
- 18. Speakable and unspeakable in quantum mechanics
- 19. Beables for quantum field theory
- 20. Six possible worlds of quantum mechanics
- 21. EPR correlations and EPR distributions
- 22. Are there quantum jumps?
- 23. Against 'measurement'
- 24. La Nouvelle cuisine.
