This book presents the deterministic view of quantum mechanics developed by Nobel Laureate
Gerard 't Hooft.Dissatisfied with the uncomfortable gaps in the way conventional quantum
mechanics meshes with the classical world 't Hooft has revived the old hidden variable ideas
but now in a much more systematic way than usual. In this quantum mechanics is viewed as a
tool rather than a theory.The author gives examples of models that are classical in essence
but can be analysed by the use of quantum techniques and argues that even the Standard Model
together with gravitational interactions might be viewed as a quantum mechanical approach to
analysing a system that could be classical at its core. He shows how this approach even though
it is based on hidden variables can be plausibly reconciled with Bell's theorem and how the
usual objections voiced against the idea of 'superdeterminism' can be overcome at least in
principle.This framework elegantly explains - and automatically cures - the problems of the
wave function collapse and the measurement problem. Even the existence of an arrow of time can
perhaps be explained in a more elegant way than usual. As well as reviewing the author's
earlier work in the field the book also contains many new observations and calculations. It
provides stimulating reading for all physicists working on the foundations of quantum theory.
