Lost Causes in and beyond Physics

• Main Author: Streater, R.F (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Subjects: Physics.; Quantum physics.; Nuclear physics.; Atoms.; Condensed matter.; Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.; Quantum Physics.; Particle and Nuclear Physics.; Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics.; Condensed Matter Physics.

Lost Causes in and Beyond Physics deals with a selection of research topics mostly from theoretical physics that have been shown to be a dead-end or continue at least to be highly controversial. Nevertheless, whether it is about Bohmian mechanics, physics from Fisher information or the quantum theor...

Table of Contents:

• Munchausen’s Syndrome by Proxy
• Elementary Probability
• Quantum Probability
• Bayesians
• EPR and the Dangers of Cannabis
• Stapp’s Theory of the Brain
• Hidden Variables
• Bohmian Mechanics
• The Analytic S-matrix Bootstrap
• Nelson and Wiener
• Other Lost Causes
• Some Good Ideas.