Quantum theory at the crossroads : reconsidering the 1927 Solvay Conference
The 1927 Solvay conference was very important meeting in the history of quantum theory, but no consensus was reached. This book contains a complete translation of the original proceedings, with background essays on the three main interpretations of quantum theory presented at the conference
Print Book,English, 2009
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2009
Kongress Brüssel 1927
xxv, 530 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
9780521814218, 9781107698314, 0521814219, 1107698316
227191829
Perspectives on the 1927 Solvay Conference
Historical introduction
De Broglie's pilot-wave theory
From matrix mechanics to quantum mechanics
Schrödinger's wave mechanics
Quantum foundations and the 1927 Solvay Conference
Quantum theory and the measurement problem
Interference, superposition, and wave packet collapse
Locality and incompleteness
Time, determinism, and the spacetime framework
Guiding fields in 3-space
Scattering and measurement in de Broglie's pilot-wave theory
Pilot-wave theory in retrospect
Beyond the Bohr-Einstein debate
The proceedings of the 1927 Solvay Conference: The intensity of X-ray reflection / W.L. Bragg ; Disagreements between experiment and the electromagnetic theory of radiation / A.H. Compton ; The new dynamics of quanta / L. de Broglie ; Quantum mechanics / M. Born and W. Heisenberg ; Wave mechanics / E. Schrödinger ; General discussion of the new ideas presented
Includes, on p. 251-469, an English translation of the Conference's proceedings, which were published in French in 1928 under the title Électrons et photons
Includes translation of the proceedings of the conference into English