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phildoe
Jun29-07, 10:10 PM
Im reading Brian Greenes book The Fabric of The Cosmos, Im just past the part about Quantum physics and he just briefly talks about the fact that there are a bunch of interpritations for quantum physics. Does anyone have a link to a list explaining the difrent interpritations?

G01
Jul1-07, 05:01 PM
There is a list of interpretations on Wikipedia. It should be enough to start you off:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpretation_of_quantum_mechanics

Demystifier
Jul2-07, 03:44 AM
For a list of interpretations see also
http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=146601

JesseM
Jul2-07, 09:09 AM
The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy has some useful pages on specific interpretations:

Copenhagen interpretation:
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-copenhagen/

Bohmian mechanics:
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-bohm/

Everett's relative-state interpretation:
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-everett/

The many-worlds interpretation (a type of relative-state interpretation):
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-manyworlds/

The Stanford Encyclopedia doesn't have a page for the transactional interpretation, but here's one by its inventor:
http://www.npl.washington.edu/npl/int_rep/tiqm/TI_toc.html