Interpretations :: Quantum Mechanics
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interpretation of quantum mechanics - Brief description for the lay reader: philosophical considerations, and links to more rigorous treatments.
Meta Description: [ The many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics: a brief description for the lay reader, some philosophical considerations, and links to more rigorous treatments. ]

Bell theorem proves that reality is non-local. - Popular expose with links and bibliography

Bell's Theorem - History and popular explanation

Bell's Theorem: Physics - Derivation of (special case of the) Bell's Theorem.
Meta Description: [ An explanation YOU can understand of Bell's Theorem, and the death of locality ]

Biography of John Bell - Includes historical and very lucid explanation of the issue.
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Bohm, Bell, and Boom! - Notes on David Peat, Einstein's Moon: Bell's Theorem and the Curious Quest for Quantum Reality

Entanglement - Quantum entanglement used e.g. tests of Bell's inequalities is explained using matrix algebra (college level math).

EPR Paradox - brief explanation - from Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove of Physics

Foundations and Interpretation of QM - a book - ..systematic review from the origins ..for physicists and philosophers of science .. Foundations of Physics, Oct 2002
Meta Description: [ FOUNDATIONS AND INTERPRETATION OF QUANTUM MECHANICS ]

Heisenberg's Physics and Philosophy - Key chapters of Werner Heisenberg's book outlining his philosophical conclusions
Meta Description: [ Key chapters of Werner Heisenberg's book outlining the philosophical conclusions to which Heisenberg was led, later in his career, as a result of the surprising discoveries of quantum physics and relativity ]

Holism and Nonseparability in Physics - Entry from the Stanford Encyclopedia.

500 John Bell Across Space and Time - Book review: From Bell to Quantum Information
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Karl Popper - Philosopher of science, author of Quantum Theory and the Schism in Physics

Measurement in quantum mechanics FAQ - Overview of different interpretations with some controversial ideas.

Modality, Probability, and Bell Theorems - NATO advanced research workshop with extensive bibliography
Meta Description: [ NATO ADVANCED RESEARCH WORKSHOP: Modality, Probability, and Bell’s Theorems ]

Nature of Reality Homepage - EPR thought experiment and its later incarnations are described and explained

New Scientist - Quantum World - Links to articles, some free and some archived.

Non-Locality, Bell's Theorem, Coherent States ..(uses mathematics of QM) - enfolded orders and non-local forms may have a wider implication and be relevant for a variety of living systems.

404 Philosophical Foundations of QM - The beauty of the Copenhagen interpretation is ..

QTI interpretation - yet another thought experiment - Tegmark (1997) 'quantum suicide' experiment Stapp's work on quantum effects on the brain
Meta Description: [ Quantum Mechanics, many-worlds hypothesis ]

Quantum Entanglement and Information - Entry from Stanford encyclopedia

Space-Time-Chance - Musing on Bell's theorem implications by prof. Nelson

Teleportation - experiments - The experimental aspect of Quantum and Foundational Physics. Austria
Meta Description: [ The research of the Institute for Experimental Physics of Prof. Anton Zeilinger at the University of Vienna, Austria focuses on the foundations of quantum physics. The research group aims to demonstrate and test fundamental counter-intuitive quantum phenomena through experiment. ]

The Character of Physical Law - Course given at Swarthmore College is s good and up-to-date conceptual overview of history and of the current research

The Present Situation in Quantum Mechanics - Original Shrodinger's cat paper (1935), translated to English

Ultimate Reality Bibliography - Project of the Canyon Institute: multidisciplinary research on philosophy - science - religion of reality