✎ theories:quantum_theory [The Physics Travel Guide]

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====== Quantum Theories ======
 
<tabbox Overview>

Quantum theories are a better approximation to reality than [[theories:classical_theories|classical physics]].

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<blockquote>
“I’m not
happy with all the analyses that go with just classical
theory, because nature isn’t classical, dammit”

<cite>Richard Feynman</cite>
</blockquote>

* Hidden-Variable Interpretations
    * [[theories:quantum_theory:interpretations:bohmian_mechanics|Bohmian Mechanics]]
  * Dynamical Collapse Interpretations
    * https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-collapse/
  * Quantum Bayesianism
    * [[http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/files/2011/11/banks-qmblog.pdf|The Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics]] by Tom Banks 
  * Everett (many-worlds) Interpretation
    * [[http://www.preposterousuniverse.com/blog/2014/06/30/why-the-many-worlds-formulation-of-quantum-mechanics-is-probably-correct/|Why the Many-Worlds Formulation of Quantum Mechanics Is Probably Correct]] by Sean Carroll
  * Relational Quantum Mechanics 
    * [[https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9801057|What is quantum mechanics trying to tell us?]] by N. David Mermin
    * [[https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9609002|Relational Quantum Mechanics]] by Carlo Rovelli 
  * Quantum Mechanics Without State Vectors
    * [[http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2017/01/19/trouble-with-quantum-mechanics/|The Trouble with Quantum Mechanics]] by Steven Weinberg
    * [[https://arxiv.org/abs/1405.3483|Quantum Mechanics Without State Vectors]] by Steven Weinberg
  * The Cellular Automaton Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics
    * [[https://arxiv.org/abs/1405.1548|The Cellular Automaton Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics]] by Gerard 't Hooft

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**Recommended Resources:**

* For an quick overview, see http://www.preposterousuniverse.com/blog/2014/05/29/quantum-mechanics-smackdown/

<tabbox History> 
  * Jim Baggott; The Quantum Story
  * Robert P. Crease and Charles C. Mann, The Second Creation: Makers of the Revolution in Twentieth-Century Physics
  * Abraham Pais, Inward Bound: of Matter and Forces in the Physical World
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