Quantum Mechanics: Some Answers

We are near the end of our journey—though the theory is still far from the finish line, as is only the case with any scientific theory. The time has come, therefore, to recapitulate; recapture the most relevant points of the material presented in previous chapters, summarize some of the answers afforded by present stochastic electrodynamics to the questions posed at the beginning, and put on the table some of the many questions that remain to be explored. The chapter starts therefore with a summary of the most relevant results presented in the body of the book, stressing the genetic power of the zero-point field, on the basis of which the quantum scheme of matter in contact with the radiation field is constructed. Some particular features of quantum mechanics are discussed from this synoptic perspective. A condensed, itemized repertory of the answers offered by present stochastic electrodynamics to the conceptual problems of quantum theory is then provided, followed by a short critical review of the fussy definitions and conceptions of the modern photon. The chapter concludes with some comments on the limitations of the theory here discussed and possibilities for future developments and extensions.

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