TY - BOOK ID - 17892217 TI - The Meaning of Quantum Theory : A Guide for Students of Chemistry and Physics PY - 1997 SN - 019855575X 9780198555759 PB - Oxford Oxford university press DB - UniCat KW - Quantum chemistry. KW - Quantum theory. KW - Chemistry, Quantum KW - Quantum chemistry KW - Quantum theory KW - #WSCH:AAS2 KW - 530.145 KW - Quantum dynamics KW - Quantum mechanics KW - Quantum physics KW - Physics KW - Mechanics KW - Thermodynamics KW - Chemistry, Physical and theoretical KW - Excited state chemistry KW - 530.145 Quantum theory KW - Quantum mechanics. Quantumfield theory UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:17892217 AB - Why is quantum theory so difficult to understand? In this book, written for both undergraduate and graduate students of chemistry and physics, the author looks at the continuing debate about the meaning of quantum theory. The historical development of the theory is traced from the turn of the century through to the 1930s, and the famous debate between Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein. The book examines in detail the arguments that quantum theory is incomplete, as made by Einstein, Boris Podolsky, and Nathan Rosen; the development of Bell's theorem; and crucial experimental tests performed in the early 1980s. Alternative interpretations -- pilot waves, quantum gravity, consciousness, and many worlds -- are described in the closing chapter. This is an ideal text for advanced undergraduate and graduate students of chemistry and physics, and for academic scientists not involved in mainstream quantum theory. ER -