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The required text for the course is Amazon logo Albert. Quantum Mechanics and Experience. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1992. ISBN: 0674741129.

Amazon logo Hughes, R. I. G. The Structure and Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1989. ISBN: 0674843916.

Amazon logo Maudlin. Quantum Non-locality and Relativity: Metaphysical Intimations of Modern Physics. Malden, MA: Blackwell, c2002. ISBN: 0631232214. (Highly recommended)

Additional readings (usually articles) will be handed out in class at various points throughout the course.

The material is, in most cases, trickier than meets the eye; read it twice.


Lec #TOPICSREADINGS
1-3Overview of Some Odd PhenomenaAlbert, Chapters 1 and 3; Hughes, Preface and Introduction; supplemental readings
4Overview of Some Odd Phenomena (cont.)
5-6The Mathematical Formalism and Its Orthodox InterpretationAlbert, Chapter 2; Hughes, Chapters 1-5; supplemental readings
7-8The Mathematical Formalism and Its Orthodox Interpretation (cont.)
9-16The Measurement Problem and Attempted Solutions Albert, Chapters 4-7; supplemental readings
17-19Hidden Variables and Proofs of Their ImpossibilityHughes, Chapter 6; supplemental readings
20-22Quantum ExtravagancesSupplemental readings: topics may include one or more of quantum logic, quantum faster-than-light signaling, quantum teleportation, quantum computing
23-26Composition and Identical ParticlesSupplemental readings

 








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