24.111 | Spring 2005 | Undergraduate

Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics

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1-3

Overview of Some Odd Phenomena

Lecture 1 (PDF)

Lecture 2 (PDF)

Lecture 3 (PDF)

4

Overview of Some Odd Phenomena (cont.)

Lecture 4 (PDF)

5-6

The Mathematical Formalism and Its Orthodox Interpretation

Lecture 5 (PDF)

Lecture 6 (PDF)

7-8

The Mathematical Formalism and Its Orthodox Interpretation (cont.)

Lecture 7 (PDF)

Lecture 8 (PDF)

9-16

The Measurement Problem and Attempted Solutions

Lecture 9 (PDF)

17-19 Hidden Variables and Proofs of Their Impossibility
20-22 Quantum Extravagances
23-26 Composition and Identical Particles

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