Quantum Confusions: A History of Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics
Author:   Jean Bricmont
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Pages:   240
Publication Date:   12 October 2026
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Quantum Confusions: A History of Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics


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Author:   Jean Bricmont
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:  

9783032240927


ISBN 10:   3032240921
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   12 October 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction.- The Quantum Models before Quantum Mechanics.- The Quantum Revolution: 1923-1927.- Arguments for and Against Hidden Variables.- Bell’s Proof of Nonlocality.- Hidden Variables Theories.- Philosophy, Politics and Quantum Mechanics.- Conclusions.

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Jean Bricmont is now retired. He spent his active career studying and working mostly in the University of Louvain (Belgium), but also in the US, at Rutgers and Princeton. Jean is the author of two books on (foundations of) quantum mechanics, both published by Springer: Making Sense of Quantum Mechanics (technical) and Quantum Sense and Nonsense (more popular). He also wrote Making Sense of Statistical Mechanics, published by Springer, and an earlier popular book, co-authored with Alan Sokal, Fashionable Nonsense.

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