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The Oxford Questions on the foundations of quantum physics

The twentieth century saw two fundamental revolutions in physics—relativity and quantum. Daily use of these theories can numb the sense of wonder at their immense empirical success. Does their instrumental effectiveness stand on the rock of secure concepts or the sand of unresolved fundamentals? Doe...

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Autores principales: Briggs, G. A. D., Butterfield, J. N., Zeilinger, A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society Publishing 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3780811/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24062626
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2013.0299
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description The twentieth century saw two fundamental revolutions in physics—relativity and quantum. Daily use of these theories can numb the sense of wonder at their immense empirical success. Does their instrumental effectiveness stand on the rock of secure concepts or the sand of unresolved fundamentals? Does measuring a quantum system probe, or even create, reality or merely change belief? Must relativity and quantum theory just coexist or might we find a new theory which unifies the two? To bring such questions into sharper focus, we convened a conference on Quantum Physics and the Nature of Reality. Some issues remain as controversial as ever, but some are being nudged by theory's secret weapon of experiment.
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spelling pubmed-37808112013-09-23 The Oxford Questions on the foundations of quantum physics Briggs, G. A. D. Butterfield, J. N. Zeilinger, A. Proc Math Phys Eng Sci Perspective The twentieth century saw two fundamental revolutions in physics—relativity and quantum. Daily use of these theories can numb the sense of wonder at their immense empirical success. Does their instrumental effectiveness stand on the rock of secure concepts or the sand of unresolved fundamentals? Does measuring a quantum system probe, or even create, reality or merely change belief? Must relativity and quantum theory just coexist or might we find a new theory which unifies the two? To bring such questions into sharper focus, we convened a conference on Quantum Physics and the Nature of Reality. Some issues remain as controversial as ever, but some are being nudged by theory's secret weapon of experiment. The Royal Society Publishing 2013-09-08 /pmc/articles/PMC3780811/ /pubmed/24062626 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2013.0299 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ © 2013 The Authors. Published by the Royal Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/, which permits unrestricted use, provided the original author and source are credited.
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