Introduction
I. Quantum Mechanics
- 1. How the Quantum Was Born
- 2. Particles of Light
- 3. Wave/Particle Duality
- 4. The Wavefunction
- 5. “The Most Beautiful Experiment in Physics”
- 6. Then a Miracle Occurs
- 7. Quantum Uncertainty
- 8. The Simplest Wavefunction
II. Probability
- 9. Troubles with Probability
- 10. Probability according to the Reverend Bayes
III. Quantum Bayesianism
- 11. QBism Made Explicit
- 12. QBism Saves Schrödinger’s Cat
- 13. The Roots of QBism
- 14. Quantum Weirdness in the Laboratory
- 15. All Physics Is Local
- 16. Belief and Certainty
IV. The QBist Worldview
- 17. Physics and Human Experience
- 18. Nature’s Laws
- 19. The Rock Kicks Back
- 20. The Problem of the Now
- 21. A Perfect Map?
- 22. The Road Ahead
Appendix: Four Older Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index

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