Entanglement
The Greatest Mystery in Physics

Amir D. Aczel (Author)

9780470850466, Wiley

Hardback, published 29 October 2002

320 pages
21.6 x 14.6 x 2.4 cm, 0.51 kg

"…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, 21 November 2002)

"…a book that’s perhaps the best lay description of the evolution and current state of quantum physics available today…" (Focus, February 2003)

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

Die Quantenmechanik konnte einige der kuhnsten Traume der Menschheit wahr werden lassen, und der Satz "Beam mich rauf Scotty" konnte 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.

Subject Areas: Physics [PH]