Anyone interested in quantum physics needs to read this book: "Quantum Physics Without Quantum Philosophy" by physicists Detlef Durr, Sheldon Goldstein, and Nino Zanghi
Overturn the Copenhagen hegemony.
Here's part of the preface:
"In an ideal world, this book would not occasion any controversy. It provides the articulation and analysis of a physical theory, presented with more clarity and precision than is usual in a work of physics. A reader might start out predisposed towards the theory, or skeptical, or neutral, but should in any case be impressed by the pellucid explication. The theory, in various incarnations, postulates exact physical hypotheses about what exists in the world, and precise, universal, mathematically defined laws that determine how those physical entities behave. Large, visible objects (such as planets, or rocks, or macroscopic laboratory equipment) are postulated to be collections of small objects (particles). Since the theory specifies how the small objects behave, it automatically implies how the large, visible objects behave. It is then just a matter of analysis to determine what the theory predicts about the outcomes of experiments and other sorts of observable phenomena, and to compare these predictions with empirical data. So long as those predictions prove accurate (they do), the theory must be regarded as a candidate for the true theory of the physical universe.
It has to face competition from other empirically accurate theories, and there might be disputes over which of the various contenders is the most promising. But a fair competition requires that all the contestants be judged on their merits, which demands that each be clearly and sympathetically presented. This book supplies such a presentation."
Overturn the Copenhagen hegemony.
Here's part of the preface:
"In an ideal world, this book would not occasion any controversy. It provides the articulation and analysis of a physical theory, presented with more clarity and precision than is usual in a work of physics. A reader might start out predisposed towards the theory, or skeptical, or neutral, but should in any case be impressed by the pellucid explication. The theory, in various incarnations, postulates exact physical hypotheses about what exists in the world, and precise, universal, mathematically defined laws that determine how those physical entities behave. Large, visible objects (such as planets, or rocks, or macroscopic laboratory equipment) are postulated to be collections of small objects (particles). Since the theory specifies how the small objects behave, it automatically implies how the large, visible objects behave. It is then just a matter of analysis to determine what the theory predicts about the outcomes of experiments and other sorts of observable phenomena, and to compare these predictions with empirical data. So long as those predictions prove accurate (they do), the theory must be regarded as a candidate for the true theory of the physical universe.
It has to face competition from other empirically accurate theories, and there might be disputes over which of the various contenders is the most promising. But a fair competition requires that all the contestants be judged on their merits, which demands that each be clearly and sympathetically presented. This book supplies such a presentation."
