The Probable and the Improbable:
The Meaning and Role of Probability in Physics
הסתברות – משמעותה ותפקידה בפיזיקה
The Twenty-Second Annual International Workshop
on the History and Philosophy of Science
הסדנה הבינלאומית השנתית העשרים ושתיים בהיסטוריה ופילוסופיה של המדע
In Honor of Itamar Pitowsky
לכבוד איתמר פיטובסקי
Sunday-Wednesday, 14-17 December 2008, in Jerusalem
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Curtesy of Princeton University Press
from: Einstein for the 21st Century, Peter L. Galison,
Gerald Holton and Silvan S. Schweber (eds),
Princeton University Press 2008 p. 221
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Probability has come to play a major role in contemporary physics. Our aim is to study the meaning of probability and its role in quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics. Some of the topics to be discussed are:
- Probability, locality and uncertainty
- Probability in quantum information theory and quantum computation
- Probability in (classical and quantum) statistical mechanics
- Probability and typicality
- Dynamic vs. static probabilities
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