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This book brings together the various Papers and lectures of Professor Willis E. Lamb, Jr. (who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1955 for his precise measurement of what came to be called the Lamb shift) on the fundamental, fascinating, and fashionable subject of the interpretation of quantum mechanics, to which Professor Lamb began to bring his original insights since he started publishing his papers in the filed in 1969. In a detailed editorial annotation on the 'Scientific Work of Willis E. Lamb, Jr.' (based on extensive conversations with Professor Lamb), J. Mehra, a distinguished historian of modern physics, provides a survey of Professor Lamb's diverse contributions to the various fields of fundamental physics and the context in which they were made.The Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics by Willis E. Lamb, Jr., provides all students of quantum mechanics, physicists, philosophers and historians of sciences, new insights in the understanding of quantum mechanics by one of the greatest physicists of the twentieth century, and the editorial annotation offers a fascinating portrait of the life and science of a great man.Jagdish Mehra is the author of 'The Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics', published 2001 under ISBN 9781589490055 and ISBN 1589490053.
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