Quantum information theory and the foundations of quantum mechanics /
Christopher G. Timpson.
- first edition.
- Oxford : Clarendon Press, 2013.
- xiii, 293 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Oxford philosophical monographs. .
- Oxford philosophical monographs. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-284) and index.
Introduction -- What is information? -- Quantum information theory -- Case study : teleportation -- The Deutsch-Hayden approach : nonlocality, entanglement, and information flow -- Quantum computation and the Church-Turing hypothesis -- Information and the foundations of quantum mechanics : preliminaries -- Some information-theoretic approaches -- Quantum Bayesianism 1 : the proposal -- Quantum Bayesianism 2 : challenges -- Conclusions -- [Appendix] A. A review of the quantum formalism -- [Appendix] B. Generalized uncertainty measures : Uffink's axioms.