Quantum Physics and Cosmology

The Mysteries of the Infinitely Small and the Infinitely Large

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352 Seiten

2026
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9781789452334 (ISBN)

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Fascinating discoveries have been made in recent years in the fields of the infinitely large and the infinitely small, and unexpected connections have emerged between these previously independent domains. Quantum physics, which challenges the way we conceive the reality around us, contributes to our attempt at understanding the greatest mysteries of cosmology on the scale of the Universe as a whole.

Recent astronomical observations, made with increasingly powerful instruments, have led us to understand that only 5% of what constitutes the Universe is known to us. Understanding the remaining 95% leads us to use quantum physics, which seems to indicate that the world around us is not as real as it intuitively appears to be.

Quantum Physics and Cosmology presents, in as accessible a manner as possible, the state of the art in these various scientific fields.

Hervé Zwirn is a physicist and epistemologist. He is currently Research Associate at the Centre Borelli of the École Normale Supérieure de Paris-Saclay and the Institut d'Histoire et de Philosophie des Sciences, Paris, France. His research focuses on the foundations of quantum physics and complex systems.

Introduction xiii
Hervé ZWIRN

Chapter 1. A Brief Introduction to Quantum Mechanics and a Review of Interpretations 1
Hervé ZWIRN

Chapter 2. Bohrian Realism 15
Thomas RYCKMAN

Chapter 3. The Many-worlds View of Quantum Mechanics 33
Lev VAIDMAN

Chapter 4. Probability in Everett 53
Jeffrey A. BARRETT

Chapter 5. Quantum Theory from a Pragmatist Perspective 79
Richard HEALEY

Chapter 6. The Role of the Observer: Convivial Solipsism 109
Hervé ZWIRN

Chapter 7. Copenhagenish Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics 133
David SCHMID, Yìlè YING and Matthew S. LEIFER

Chapter 8. Dark Energy 171
Nathalie PALANQUE-DELABROUILLE

Chapter 9. Dark Matter 193
Françoise COMBES

Chapter 10. Gravitational Waves 219
Matteo BARSUGLIA and Simone MASTROGIOVANNI

Chapter 11. What is the Energy of the Vacuum? 239
Bruno MANSOULIÉ

Chapter 12. Temporality in Relativistic Space–time 257
Marc LACHIÈZE-REY

Chapter 13. A History of Thought Experiments in Quantum Gravity 275
Thiago HARTZ and Olival FREIRE JUNIOR

Chapter 14. Possibility in Physics 303
Baptiste LE BIHAN, Emilia MARGONI and Annica VIESER

List of Authors 323
Index 325

Erscheint lt. Verlag	10.3.2026
Reihe/Serie	ISTE Invoiced
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie
ISBN-13	9781789452334 / 9781789452334
Zustand	Neuware