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metadata.dc.type: | Artigo de Periódico |
Title: | The Tausk Controversy on the Foundations of Quantum Mechanics: Physics, Philosophy, and Politics |
Other Titles: | Physics in Perspective |
Authors: | Pessoa Junior, Osvaldo Frota Freire Junior, Olival Greiff, Alexis de |
metadata.dc.creator: | Pessoa Junior, Osvaldo Frota Freire Junior, Olival Greiff, Alexis de |
Abstract: | In 1966 the Brazilian physicist Klaus Tausk (b. 1927) circulated a preprint from the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy, criticizing Adriana Daneri,Angelo Loinger,and Giovanni Maria Prosperi’s theory of 1962 on the measurement problem in quantum mechanics.A heated controversy ensued between two opposing camps within the orthodox interpretation of quantum theory, represented by Léon Rosenfeld and Eugene P.Wigner.The controversy went well beyond the strictly scientific issues,however, reflecting philosophical and political commitments within the context of the Cold War, the relationship between science in developed and Third World countries, the importance of social skills, and personal idiosyncrasies. |
Keywords: | Klaus S.Tausk Adriana Daneri Angelo Loinger Giovanni Maria Prosperi Piero Caldirola Niels Bohr Léon Rosenfeld Werner Heisenberg John von Neumann Eugene Wigner Josef Maria Jauch David Bohm Jeffrey Bub Abdus Salam Mauritius Renninger Jean-Pierre Vigier Luciano Fonda Georg Süssmann John S. Bell Franco Selleri Otto Robert Frisch Mario Schönberg International Centre for Theoretical Physics University of São Paulo Third World science Cold War foundations of quantum mechanics measurement problem negative-result measurements philosophy of physics politics scientific controversy |
URI: | http://www.repositorio.ufba.br/ri/handle/ri/4819 |
Issue Date: | 2008 |
Appears in Collections: | Artigo Publicado em Periódico (FIS) |
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