Classical mechanics and quantum mechanics are two of the most successful scientific theories ever discovered, and yet how they can describe the same world is far from clear: one theory is deterministic, the other indeterministic; one theory describes a world in which chaos is pervasive, the other a world in which chaos is absent. Focusing on the exciting field of 'quantum chaos', this book reveals that there is a...
Overturning traditional arguments, this book explores the relation between quantum mechanics and classical mechanics from historical, philosophical, and scientific perspectives. Its clear pedagogical presentation includes definition of all technical scientific, historical, and philosophical terms and an extensive bibliography. Suitable for historians and philosophers of science and philosophically-inclined physicists.
Alisa Bokulich is a professor in the Philosophy Department at Boston University. Her research focuses on the history and philosophy of physics, as well as broader issues in the philosophy of science.
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