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James T. Cushing

Quantum Mechanics

Historical Contingency and the Copenhagen Hegemony

328 pages, 13 line drawings, 1 table  6 x 9  © 1994
Series: Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series

Cloth $85.00

ISBN: 9780226132020   Published November 1994

Paper $42.00

ISBN: 9780226132044   Published November 1994

Preface
Acknowledgments
1: Theory Construction and Selection
2: Formalism, Interpretation, and Understanding
3: Standard Quantum Theory
4: Bohm's Quantum Theory
5: Alternative Interpretations: An Illustration
6: Opposing Commitments, Opposing Schools
7: Competition and Forging Copenhagen
8: Early Attempts at Causal Theories: A Stillborn Program
9: The Fate of Bohm's Program
10: An Alternative Scenario?
11: Lessons
Notes
References
Author Index
Subject Index
Subjects



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