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DATA : 01/10/2021
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TÍTULO:

Leggett, Decoherence, Style

PALAVRAS-CHAVES:

1.History of Physics. 2.History of Quantum Mechanics. 3.Decoherence.

4.Foundations of Physics. 5.Anthony Leggett

PÁGINAS: 211
GRANDE ÁREA: Ciências Humanas
ÁREA: História
SUBÁREA: História das Ciências
RESUMO:

Decoherence is one of the most important subjects in contemporary

research about foundations of quantum mechanics, but very little is

known about how it became so and, even further, how it became a

phenomenon. This work goes in the direction of answering the problem

by focusing on the work of Anthony Leggett and how he was trying to

challenge quantum mechanics. His research was mainly directed to

finding concrete situations in which quantum mechanics would break

down, but he ended up confirming even further the theory to new

directions, including what would later be known as decoherence. All this

confirmation heavily contributed to the development of physics, which

awarded him the Nobel prize, but left him out of tune with other

researchers on foundations of quantum mechanics. At the same time,

while the majority of researchers on foundations faced problems in their

careers, Leggett never faced any at all. To account for this, we use the

idea of style of research and how this shaped the reception of Leggett’s

work. As style is a concept that is originally from the field of art, we

examined the controversy about it in aesthetics in order to reflect about

it and find a suitable notion for our use. The result was the identification

of style as an individual trait that is both intentional and controllable

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