The Tausk controversy on the foundations of quantum mechanics: Physics, philosophy, and politics
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UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO |
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19/10/2012
19/10/2012
2008
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In 1966 the Brazilian physicist Klaus Tausk (b. 1927) circulated a preprint from the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy, criticizing Adriana Daneri, Angelo Loinger, and Giovanni Maria Prosperi`s theory of 1962 on the measurement problem in quantum mechanics. A heated controversy ensued between two opposing camps within the orthodox interpretation of quantum theory, represented by Leon Rosenfeld and Eugene P. Wigner. The controversy went well beyond the strictly scientific issues, however, reflecting philosophical and political commitments within the context of the Cold War, the relationship between science in developed and Third World countries, the importance of social skills, and personal idiosyncrasies. |
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PHYSICS IN PERSPECTIVE, v.10, n.2, p.138-162, 2008 1422-6944 http://producao.usp.br/handle/BDPI/21056 10.1007/s00016-007-0347-1 |
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eng |
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BIRKHAUSER VERLAG AG |
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Physics in Perspective |
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Palavras-Chave | #Klaus S.Tausk #Adriana Daneri #Angelo Loinger #Giovanni Maria Prosperi #Piero Caldirola #Niels Bohr #Leon Rosenfeld #Werner Heisenberg #John von Neumann #Eugene Wigner #Josef Maria Jauch #David Bohm #Jeffrey Bub #Abdus Salam #Mauritius Renninger #Jean-Pierre Vigier #Luciano Fonda #Georg Sussmann #John S.Bell #Franco Selleri #Otto Robert Frisch #Mario Schonberg #International Centre for Theoretical Physics #University of Sao Paulo #Third World Science #Cold War #foundations of quantum mechanics #measurement problem #negative-result measurements #philosophy of physics #politics #scientific controversy #COLD-WAR #EXILE #History & Philosophy Of Science |
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