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Quantum theory is the most successful of all physical theories: it has a towering mathematical structure, a vast range of accurate predictions, and technological applications. Its interpretation, however, is as unsettled now as in the heroic days of Einstein and Bohr.
This book focuses on quantum non-locality, the curious quantum correlations between spatially separated systems. Quantum non-locality was one subject of the debates between Einstein, Bohr and others such as Schrödinger. The topic was revived in the 1960s as a result of Bell's epoch-making theorems; since then it has been a very active research field, both theoretically and experimentally.
This book contains twenty new papers by eminent researchers, who report recent developments in both the physics of the subject and its philosophy. The physics topics covered include quantum information, the unsharp (positive-operator) approach to observables, the state-space approach, and the pilot-wave theory. The philosophy papers include precise studies of Bohr's reply to the original Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen non-locality paradox, and of non-locality's relation to causation, probability and modality.
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Non-locality and Modality NATO Science Series A Series presenting the results of scientific meetings supported under the NATO Science Programme. The Series is published by lOS Press, Amsterdam, and Kluwer Academic Publishers in conjunction with the NATO Scientific Affairs Division Sub-Series I. II. III. IV. V. Life and Behavioural Sciences Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry Computer and Systems Science Earth and Environmental Sciences Science and Technology Policy lOS Press Kluwer Academic Publishers lOS Press Kluwer Academic Publishers lOS Press The NATO Science Series continues the series of books published formerly as the NATO ASI Series. The NATO Science Programme offers support for collaboration in civil science between scientists of countries of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council. The types of scientific meeting generally supported are "Advanced Study Institutes" and "Advanced Research Workshops", although other types of meeting are supported from time to time. The NATO Science Series collects together the results of these meetings. The meetings are co-organized bij scientists from NATO countries and scientists from NATO's Partner countries - countries of the CIS and Central and Eastern Europe. Advanced Study Institutes are high-level tutorial courses offering in-depth study of latest advances in a field. Advanced Research Workshops are expert meetings aimed at critical assessment of a field, and identification of directions for future action. As a consequence of the restructuring of the NATO Science Programme in 1999, the NATO Science Series has been re-organised and there are currently Five Sub-series as noted above. Please consult the following web sites for information on previous volumes published in the Series, as well as details of earlier Sub-series. http://www.nato.intlscience http://www.Wkap.nl http://www.iospress.nl http://www.wtv-books.de/nato-pco.htm I -~ '-W I Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry - Vol. 64 Non-Iocality and Modality ediied by Tomasz Placek Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland and Jeremy Butterfield All Souls College, Oxford, United Kingdom " ~. Springer-Science+Business Media, B.V. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Modality, ProbabilitY, and Bell's Theorems Cracow, Poland 19-23 August 2001 A C.LP. Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. ISBN 978-1-4020-0662-3 ISBN 978-94-010-0385-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-010-0385-8 Printed on acid-free paper All Rights Reserved ©2002 S