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by Olival Freire Jr (Author), Guido Bacciagaluppi (Author), Olivier Darrigol (Author)
Crucial to most research in physics, as well as leading to the development of inventions such as the transistor and the laser, quantum mechanics approaches its centenary with an impressive record. However, the field has also long been the subject of ongoing debates about the foundations and interpretation of the theory, referred to as the quantum controversy. This Oxford Handbook explores the contrasts at the heart of the history and development of quantum physics, as well as providing a fascinating examination of the future potential of the subject to influence new discoveries and advances in quantum information and computing, among other fields. Drawing on the wide-ranging expertise of several contributors working across physics, history, and philosophy, this engaging introduction is an essential guide for all those interested in the history of scientific controversies and history of quantum physics.
Author Biography
Olival Freire Jr, Full Professor of Physics and History of Physics, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Guido Bacciagaluppi, Associate Professor, University of Utrecht, Olivier Darrigol, OHST Research Fellow, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Thiago Hartz, Assistant Professor of History of Mathematics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Christian Joas, Director, Niels Bohr Archive, University of Copenhagen, Alexei Kojevnikov, Associate Professor, University of British Columbia, Osvaldo Pessoa Jr, r, Professor of Philosophy of Science, FFLCH, University of São Paulo
Olival Freire Jr is Professor of Physics and History of Science at the Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil. He is the author of The Quantum Dissidents (2015) and David Bohm: A Life Dedicated to Understanding the Quantum World (2019). In 2011 he co-edited Teoria quântica: estudos históricos e implicações culturais with Osvaldo Pessoa Jr. and Joan Lisa Bromberg and was awarded the Jabuti Prize in Science & Technology, the most important literary prize in Brazil.
