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It has often been claimed that without drastic conceptual innovations a genuine explanation of quantum interference effects and quantum randomness is impossible. This book concerns Bohmian mechanics, a simple particle theory that is a counterexample to such claims. The gentle introduction and other contributions collected here show how the phenomena of non-relativistic quantum mechanics, from Heisenberg´s uncertainty principle to non-commuting observables, emerge from the Bohmian motion of particles, the natural particle motion associated with Schrödinger´s equation. This book will be of value to all students and researchers in physics with an interest in the meaning of quantum theory as well as to philosophers of science.

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Quantum Equilibrium and the Origin of Absolute Uncertainty.- Quantum Equilibrium and the Role of Operators as Observables in Quantum Theory.- Quantum Philosophy: The Flight from Reason in Science.- Seven Steps Towards the Classical World.- On the Quantum Probability Flux Through Surfaces.- On the Weak Measurement of Velocity in Bohmian Mechanics.- Topological Factors Derived From Bohmian Mechanics.- Hypersurface Bohm-Dirac Models.- Bohmian Mechanics and Quantum Field Theory.- Quantum Spacetime Without Observers.- Reality and the Role of the Wave Function in Quantum Theory.

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From the book reviews:
"It is a book about an objective quantum description of nature and about quantum physics without quantum philosophy. ... The book is divided into three parts. ... The book is a self-contained presentation of the theory, accessible to mathematicians, physicists, and philosophers of physics with some basic knowledge of quantum mechanics." (Andrew Bucki, Mathematical Reviews, November, 2014)

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