Entanglement

The Greatest Mystery in Physics

Aczel, Amir D.

1. Auflage Oktober 2002
XVIII, 284 Seiten, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd

ISBN: 978-0-470-85046-6

John Wiley & Sons

Kurzbeschreibung

Could 'Beam me up, Scotty' soon become a reality?
This is a highly accessible yet technically well researched introduction to the bizarre phenomenon of entanglement and the scientists , working from Einstein's theories, who have helped to discover it.

Der Band bietet einen hervorragenden Einblick in einen komplexen, aber aufregenden Zweig der Wissenschaft, der weitreichende Konsequenzen für unser Wissen über die Welt und unsere Lebensweise haben könnte.

Die Quantenmechanik könnte einige der kühnsten Träume der Menschheit wahr werden lassen, und der Satz "Beam mich rauf Scotty" könnte vielleicht schon bald Wirklichkeit werden.

Preface.

A Mysterious Force of Harmony.

Before the Beginning.

Thomas Young's Experiment.

Planck's Constant.

The Copenhagen School.

De Broglie's Pilot Waves.

Schrödinger 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?

Acknowledgments.

References.

Index.

"I am altogether happy that there is now a book on entanglement, almost 70 years after its discovery, and recommend it to people interested in the historical background and practical implications of quantum mechanics." Nature

Amir D. Aczel, PhD, is the author of a number of successful books, including: The Mystery of the Aleph, Fermat's Last Theorem and God's Equation: Einstein, Relativity and the Expanding Universe.

He is Professor of Statistics at Bentley College and lives in Boston. His work has been translated into Turkish, Hebrew, French, German, Italian, Chinese and Spanish.

A. D. Aczel, Bentley College, USA