Table of Contents

Preface xiii

Part 1
An Orthodoxy of the Unreal

1. Nature Loves to Hide 3
2. Quanta 14
3. How Quanta Change 25
4. How Quanta Share 37
5. What Quantum Mechanics Doesn’t Explain 58
6. The Triumph of Anti-Realism 66

Part 2
Realism is Reborn

7. The Challenge of Realism: De Broglie and Einstein 97
8. Bohm: Realism Tries Again 107
9. Physical Collapse of the Quantum State 128
10. Magical Realism 143
11. Critical Realism 153

Part 3
Beyond the Quantum

12. Alternatives to the Revolution 183
13. Lessons 205
14. First, Principles 225
15. A Causal Theory of Views 253

Epilogue/Revolutions: Note to Self 273

Acknowledgements 281
Notes 285
Glossary 297
Further Reading 305
Index 309