Statistical and Quantum Mechanics: a Study of Motion and Change

This book is the outcome of the research works the author has published during the past 30 years. It investigates the phenomenon of change in its most general aspects and the motion of a system of interacting particles as a concrete example of this phenomenon. The philosophical and historical background of the concept of change is reviewed. The dynamics of a system of interacting particles has a wide range of applications extending from the motion of few quantum systems to the expansion of the universe as a whole. The new dynamics introduced in this book is based on the notion of quantum memory, which means that in every process of change there is a changeless element in the form of the persistence of past states of a quantum system. In this book the author proposes solutions to some of the lingering problems in modern physics such as: the non-equilibrium distribution function of a system of interacting particles, the interpretation of quantum mechanics and the measurement problem, the unification of the special theory of relativity and quantum mechanics and the precise calculation of the age of the universe.