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Title

Entanglement : the greatest mystery in physics / Amir D. Aczel.

Author

Aczel, Amir D.

Publication

New York : Four Walls Eight Windows, c2001.

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Description

xviii, 284 p. : ill.; 22 cm.

Summary

"Serious scientists, working off of theories, first developed by Einstein and his colleagues seventy years ago, have been investigating the phenomenon known as "entanglement," one of the strangest aspects of the strange universe of quantum mechanics." "According to Einstein, quantum theory required entanglement - the idea that subatomic particles could become inextricably linked, and that a change to one such particle would instantly be reflected in its counterpart even if a universe separated them. Einstein felt that if the quantum theory could produce such incredibly bizarre effects then it had to be invalid. But new experiments in both the United States and Europe show not only that it does happen, but that it may lead to unbreakable codes and even teleportation."--Jacket.

Subject

Quantum theory

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-267) and index.

Contents

A Mysterious Force of Harmony -- Before the Beginning -- Thomas Young's Experiment -- Planck's Constant -- The Copenhagen School -- De Broglie's Pilot Waves -- Schrodinger and His Equation -- Heisenberg's Microscope -- Wheeler's Cat -- The Hungarian Mathematician -- Enter Einstein -- Bohm and Aharanov -- John Bell's Theorem -- The Dream of Clauser, Horne, and Shimony -- Alain Aspect -- Laser Guns -- Triple Entanglement -- The Ten-Kilometer Experiment -- Teleportation: "Beam Me Up, Scotty" -- Quantum Magic: What Does It All Mean?

ISBN

1568582323

LCCN

^^2002069338

OCLC

224040316

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library