Probability in Physics

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ben-Menahem, Yemima (Editor), Hemmo, Meir (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.
• Series: The Frontiers Collection,
• Subjects: Physics.; Philosophy and science.; Probabilities.; Quantum physics.; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.; Quantum Physics.; Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes.; Philosophy of Science.

What is the role and meaning of probability in physical theory, in particular in two of the most successful theories of our age, quantum physics and statistical mechanics? Laws once conceived as universal and deterministic, such as Newton‘s laws of motion, or the second law of thermodynamics, are re...