The New Quantum Age: From Bell's Theorem to Quantum Computation and Teleportation

by Andrew Whitaker

Book Overview

Ever since its discovery eighty-five years ago, quantum theory has been used to study the physical universe with great profit, both intellectual and financial. Over the last fifty years, however, we have found out more and more about the theory itself, and what it tells us about the universe. It seems we may have to accept non-locality - cause and effect may be light-years apart; loss of realism - nature may be fundamentally probabilistic; and non-determinism...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198754760
• ISBN13: 9780198754763
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"