Quantum Paradoxes

A Guide through the Mysteries of Quantum Physics!
Yakir Aharonov is one of the pioneers in measuring theory, the nature of quantum correlations, superselection rules, and geometric phases and has been awarded numerous scientific honors. The author has contributed monumental concepts to theoretical physics, especially the Aharonov-Bohm effect and the Aharonov-Casher effect.
Together with Daniel Rohrlich, Israel, he has written a pioneering work on the remaining mysteries of quantum mechanics. From the perspective of a preeminent researcher in the fundamental aspects of quantum mechanics, the text combines mathematical rigor with penetrating and concise language. More than 200 exercises introduce readers to the concepts and implications of quantum mechanics that have arisen from the experimental results of the recent two decades.
With students as well as researchers in mind, the authors give an insight into that part of the field, which led Feynman to declare that "nobody understands quantum mechanics".

* Free solutions manual available for lecturers at www.wiley-vch.de/supplements/"Die Quantenmechanik versteht niemand!" Warum Richard Feynman zu dieser Aussage kam, können Sie nachvollziehen, wenn Sie dieses wegweisende Werk gelesen haben, das Ihnen die noch immer ungelösten Rätsel der Quantenmechanik eindrucksvoll vor Augen führt. Yakir Aharonov ist eine unbestrittene Autorität auf dem Gebiet der Theoretischen Physik (bekannt vor allem durch den Aharonov-Bohm- und den Aharonov-Casher-Effekt). Gemeinsam mit Daniel Rohrlich erläutert er mathematisch exakt und in klarem, einprägsamen Stil, wie man versucht, experimentelle Ergebnisse der letzten beiden Jahrzehnte quantenmechanisch aufzuarbeiten. Dabei werden das EPR Paradoxon und die Bellsche Ungleichung ebenso diskutiert wie denkbare Konsequenzen, die sich aus Experimenten zur Teleportation und der Entwicklung von Quantencomputern ergeben. Ein wirklich spannendes Werk, das sich gleichermaßen an Studenten und an gestandene Wissenschaftler wendet.

Für Dozenten sind die Lösungen zu den Aufgaben im Buch kostenlos erhältlich unter www.wiley-vch.de/textbooks The Use of Paradox
How to Weigh a Quantum
Is Quantum Theory Complete?
Phases and Gauges
Modular Variables
Nonlocality and Causality
Quantum Measurements
Measurement and Compensation
Quantum Cats
A Quantum Arrow of Time?
Superselection Rules
Quantum Slow Dance
Charges and Fluxons
Quantum Measurements and Relativity
How to Observe a Quantum Wave
Weak Values
Weak Values and Entanglement
The Quantum World "This is a wonderful book for everyone who wishes to deep the knowledge and understanding of the foundations of quantum mechanics.[...] As a whole, "Quantum Paradoxes. Quantum Theory for the Perplexed" is an exclusively rare and inspirational book on quantum mechanics that explores the never-ending mysterious quantum paradoxes to bring the readers to the QuantumWonderland. This book I do believe should be recommended to everyone."
Zentralblatt MATH
"Das Buch ist anspruchsvoll, aber nicht nur für Physik-Interessierte ein Gewinn, sondern auch für alle, die sich mit naturphilosophischen Fragen auseinandersetzen."
Das Science Fiction Jahr - Wissenschaftsbücher 2005

Professor Yakir Aharonov, born in 1932, studied physics at Technion in Haifa, Israel, and Bristol University, England, where he received his PhD in 1960. He currently works as Professor of Physics at the University of Tel Aviv and the University of South Carolina. Professor Aharonov's research interests are nonlocal and topological effects in quantum mechanics, relativistic quantum field theories, and interpretations of quantum mechanics. Professor Aharonov is an elected member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences.


Dr. Daniel Rohrlich, born in 1954, received his Ph.D. in physics in 1986 from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He works as a researcher and lecturer at Ben Gurion University in Beersheva, Israel. His research interests include fundamental aspects and effects of quantum mechanics, quantum information, mesoscopic and cold-atom physics, and path integrals. Yakir Aharonov is one of the pioneers in measuring theory, the nature of quantum correlations, superselection rules, and geometric phases and, as such, has made monumental contributions to theoretical physics. Together with Daniel Rohrlich of the Weizmann Institute, Israel, he has written here a groundbreaking work on the remaining mysteries of quantum mechanics. With both students as well as researchers in mind, the authors provide an insight into that part of the field that led Feynman to declare "nobody understands quantum mechanics".