Directory of Quantum Reality and Locality Resources

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Question of Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics, starting with Einstein-Bohr dialog, paradoxes, EPR, hidden parameter theories and leading to the Bell Theorem continue to generate new ideas controversies.

Resources in This Category

• Bell theorem proves that reality is non-local.

  http://members.cruzio.com/~quanta/biblio.html
  Popular expose with links and bibliography

• Bell's Theorem

  http://www.upscale.utoronto.ca/GeneralInterest/Harrison/BellsTheorem/BellsTheorem.html
  History and popular explanation

• Bell's Theorem: Physics

  http://www4.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/f/felder/public/kenny/papers/bell.html
  Derivation of (special case of the) Bell's Theorem.

• Does light exist between events?

  http://nobeliefs.com/light.htm
  Philosphical Essay concerning nature of light

• Entanglement

  http://www.mathpages.com/home/kmath174.htm
  Quantum entanglement used e.g. tests of Bell's inequalities is explained using matrix algebra (college level math).

• Heisenberg's Physics and Philosophy

  http://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/works/ge/heisenb2.htm
  Key chapters of Werner Heisenberg's book outlining his philosophical conclusions

• Holism and Nonseparability in Physics

  http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/physics-holism/
  Entry from the Stanford Encyclopedia.

• Indeterminacy, Divine action and Human Freedom

  http://www.csc.twu.ca/byl/indeterminism.doc
  Has God has created the physical world so that it is inherently non-deterministic?

• Karl Popper

  http://vserver1.cscs.lsa.umich.edu/~crshalizi/notebooks/popper.html
  Philosopher of science, author of Quantum Theory and the Schism in Physics

• Measurement in quantum mechanics FAQ

  http://www.mtnmath.com/faq/meas-qm.html
  Overview of different interpretations with some controversial ideas.

• Non-Locality, Bell's Theorem, Coherent States ..(uses mathematics of QM)

  http://www.fdavidpeat.com/bibliography/essays/healtech.htm
  enfolded orders and non-local forms may have a wider implication and be relevant for a variety of living systems.

• Quantum Entanglement and Information

  http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qt-entangle/
  Entry from Stanford encyclopedia

• Schroedinger: "The Present Situation in Quantum Mechanics"

  http://www.tu-harburg.de/rzt/rzt/it/QM/cat.html
  Original "Shrodinger's cat" paper (1935), translated to English

• Space-Time-Chance

  http://www.math.princeton.edu/~nelson/papers/cti.html
  Musing on Bell's theorem implications by prof. Nelson

• The Character of Physical Law

  http://chaos.swarthmore.edu/courses/phys6_2004/
  Course given at Swarthmore College is s good and up-to-date conceptual overview of history and of the current research

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