TY - BOOK AU - Bacciagaluppi,Guido AU - Valentini,Antony TI - Quantum theory at the crossroads: reconsidering the 1927 Solvay conference SN - 9780521814218 (hbk.) AV - QC173.96 U1 - 530.120 9 22. PY - 2009/// CY - Cambridge, UK, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Quantum theory N1 - Includes translation of the proceedings of the conference into English; Includes bibliographical references and index; Perspectives on the 1927 Solvay conference -- Historical introduction -- De Broglie's pilot-wave theory -- From matrix mechanics to quantum mechanics -- Schrödinger's wave mechanics -- Quantum foundations and the 1927 Solvay conference -- Quantum theory and the measurement problem -- Interference, superposition, and wave packet collapse -- Locality and incompleteness -- Time, determinism, and the spacetime framework -- Guiding fields in 3-space -- Scattering and measurement in de Broglie's pilot-wave theory -- Pilot-wave theory in retrospect -- Beyond the Bohr-Einstein debate -- The proceedings of the 1927 Solvay conference -- H.A. Loretz -- Fifth physics conference -- The intensity of X-ray reflection / W.L. Bragg -- Disagreements between experiment and the electromagnetic theory of radiation / A.H. Compton -- The new dynamics of quanta / L. de Broglie -- Quantum mechanics / M. Born and W. Heisenberg -- Wave mechanics / E. Schrödinger -- General discussion of the new ideas presented ER -