Quantum future. From Volta and Como to the present and beyond. Proceedings of the Xth Max Born symposium, Przesieka, Poland, September 24--27, 1997 (Q1282449)

Contents: Jürgen Audretsch and Michael Mensky, Continuous fuzzy measurements and visualization of a quantum transition (1--14); H. J. Carmichael, Quantum jumps revisited: an overview of quantum trajectory theory (15--36); Bernard d'Espagnat, Problems in objectizing (37--46); F. H. M. Faisal, Quantum chaos, algorithmic paradigm and irreversibility (47--57); Rudolf Haag, Objects, events and localization (58--79); Serge Haroche, Observing the decoherence of the meter in a measurement: a variation on Schrödinger's cat experiment (80--91); K. Hepp, Toward the demolition of a computational quantum brain (92--104); Claus Kiefer and Erich Joos, Decoherence: concepts and examples (105--128); John R. Klauder, Metrical quantization (129--138); Holger Lyre, Against measurement?---On the concept of information (139--149); Roland Omnés, On interpretation and decoherence (150--155); Henry P. Stapp, Quantum ontology and mind-matter synthesis (156--203); Jonathan Oppenheim, Benni Reznik and William G. Unruh, Time as an observable (204--219); H. Walther, Quantum optics of a single atom (220--244). The articles of this volume will not be indexed individually. The 3rd symposium (1993) has been reviewed (see Zbl 0823.00026).