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Citation
(2001), "Quantum Cybernetics Towards a Unification of Relativity and Quantum Theory via Causal Modelling", Kybernetes, Vol. 30 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/k.2001.06730aae.001
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2001, MCB UP Limited
Quantum Cybernetics Towards a Unification of Relativity and Quantum Theory via Causal Modelling
Quantum Cybernetics – Towards a Unification of Relativity and Quantum Theory via Causal Modelling
G. GrössingSpringer-VerlagHeidelberg2000XIV + 153 pp. (25 figs)ISBN 0-387-98960-9 (hardback)DM98; öS716; sFr89.50; FF370; £34.00; US$49.95
Keywords: Publication, Cybernetics, Quantum mechanics
The author of the text is Dr G. Grössing of the Austrian Institute for Nonlinear Studies, Vienna, Austria. It is written for non-specialists and discusses the apparent conflict between relativity and quantum mechanics.
It concentrates particularly on what Einstein called "spooky interactions at a distance". The author proposes a resolution based on a causal interpretation introduced by Louis deBroglie and elaborated by David Bohm. He shows that one can introduce a "medium" or "aether" in a manner consistent with both relativity and quantum theory, and which allows one to unify the two theories via the identification of circularly causal processes at their core. The mathematics is kept simple, making the discussion accessible to a wide audience. Several crucial experiments are discussed in detail.
The book contains the following sections and chapters: "Prologue"; "Introduction"; "Quantum theory and the special theory of relativity"; "Quantum cybernetics"; "Experiments"; "Gravity as a pure quantum phenomenon: Mach's principle revisited"; "Implications of circular causality at the quantum level"; "Coda: on the meaning of nonlocality"; "References"; and "Index".