Hidden Worlds in Quantum Physics (Paperback)

The past decade has witnessed a resurgence in research and interest in the areas of quantum computation and entanglement. This new book addresses the hidden worlds or variables of quantum physics. Author Gérard Gouesbet studied and worked with a former student of Louis de Broglie, a pioneer of quantum physics. His presentation emphasizes the history and philosophical foundations of physics, areas that will interest lay readers as well as professionals and advanced undergraduate and graduate students of quantum physics.
The introduction is succeeded by chapters offering background on relevant concepts in classical and quantum mechanics, a brief history of causal theories, and examinations of the double solution, pilot wave, and other hidden-variables theories. Additional topics include proofs of possibility and impossibility, contextuality, non-locality, classification of hidden-variables theories, and stochastic quantum mechanics. The final section discusses how to gain a genuine understanding of quantum mechanics and presents a refutation of certain hidden-variable theories, including pilot wave.

過去十年間，量子計算和納入性研究領域經歷了一次復興。這本新書探討了量子物理學中的隱藏世界或變量。作者Gérard Gouesbet曾與量子物理學先驅Louis de Broglie的一位學生一起學習和工作。他的著作強調了物理學的歷史和哲學基礎，這對於對量子物理學感興趣的普通讀者、專業人士以及高年級本科生和研究生都具有吸引力。

本書的引言後面是一些章節，介紹了古典和量子力學中相關概念的背景，以及因果理論的簡要歷史，並探討了雙重解、導引波等隱藏變量理論。其他主題還包括可能性和不可能性的證明、內涵性、非局部性、隱藏變量理論的分類以及隨機量子力學。最後一部分討論了如何真正理解量子力學，並提出了對某些隱藏變量理論（包括導引波）的反駁。