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David Snoke, Interpreting Quantum Mechanics: Modern Foundations, Cambridge University Press, 2024, 324pp., $64.99 (hbk), ISBN 9781009261555.
Reviewed by Emily Adlam, Chapman University
David Snoke’s book, Interpreting Quantum Mechanics: Modern Foundations, is an engaging and comprehensive introduction to interpretative issues in quantum mechanics. It provides an accessible presentation of the field which would be useful for students and teachers, and it also offers a valuable technical resource for researchers in both physics and philosophy.
Part I provides a nonmathematical exposition of quantum mechanics. It also presents and defends Snoke’s principal interpretative thesis: that quantum fields and waves should be taken literally as elements of reality, closely analogous to water waves and light waves. The writing here is vivid, fast-paced and entertaining. It is clear enough to be accessible even to those with no background in the field, but would also be useful for those with more experience to further…
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