Quantum mechanics / Kurt Gottfried

Eugen Merzbacher

N. G. van Kampen

Following Kurt Gottfried's response (October 1991, p34) to John Bell, perhaps I, as another author attacked by Bell, might summarise my position, having corrected some misrepresentations by Bell previously (October 1990, Letters p20).

Leonard I. Schiff

Peter Mittelstaedt

Abstract In hundert Jahren hat sich die Quantenmechanik zu einer äußerst erfolgreichen und vermutlich universell gültigen physikalischen Theorie entwickelt. Verwirklichen sich in ihr unsere „dreams of a final theory”︁, wie Steven Weinberg es formulierte, oder trifft – gerade wegen der vermuteten Universalität – zu, was Kurt Gottfried in die Frage kleidete „Does quantum mechanics carry the seeds of its own destruction?”︁.

Hendrik F. Hameka

Mary Bell, Kurt Gottfried, Martinus J. G. Veltman

The scientific career of John Stewart Bell was distinguished by its breadth and its quality. He made several very important contributions to scientific fields as diverse as accelerator physics, high energy physics and the foundations of quantum mechanics. This book contains a large part of J S Bell's publications, including those that are recognized as his most important achievements, as well as others that are for no good reason less well known. The selection was made by Mary Bell, Martinus Veltman and Kurt Gottfried, all of whom were involved with John Bell both personally and professionally throughout a large part of his life. An introductory chapter has been written to help place the selected papers in a historical context and to review their significance. This book comprises an impressive collection of outstanding scientific work of one of the greatest scientists of the recent past, and it will remain important and influential for a long time to come.