Einstein and the Quantum Revolutions
| AUTHOR | Aspect, Alain; Fagan, Teresa Lavender; Kaiser, David |
| PUBLISHER | University of Chicago Press (10/29/2024) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Hardcover (Hardcover) |
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A Nobel laureate offers a brief lesson on physics' biggest mystery, accessibly explaining the two quantum revolutions that changed our understanding of reality. At the start of the twentieth century, the first quantum revolution upset our vision of the world. New physics offered surprising realities, such as wave-particle duality, and led to major inventions: the transistor, the laser, and today's computers. Less known is the second quantum revolution, arguably initiated in 1935 during a debate between giants Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr. This revolution is still unfolding. Its revolutionaries--including the author of this short accessible book, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Alain Aspect--explore the notion of entangled particles, able to interact at seemingly impossible distances. Aspect's research has helped to show how entanglement may both upend existing technologies, like cryptography, and usher in entirely new ones, like quantum computing. Explaining this physics of the future, this work tells a story of how philosophical debates can shape new realities.
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ISBN-13:
9780226832012
ISBN-10:
0226832015
Binding:
Hardback or Cased Book (Sewn)
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
112
Carton Quantity:
60
Product Dimensions:
4.80 x 0.50 x 7.30 inches
Weight:
0.35 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Price on Product,
Illustrated
Country of Origin:
US
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BISAC Categories
Science | Physics - Quantum Theory
Science | Philosophy & Social Aspects
Dewey Decimal:
530.12
Library of Congress Control Number:
2024023272
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A Nobel laureate offers a brief lesson on physics' biggest mystery, accessibly explaining the two quantum revolutions that changed our understanding of reality. At the start of the twentieth century, the first quantum revolution upset our vision of the world. New physics offered surprising realities, such as wave-particle duality, and led to major inventions: the transistor, the laser, and today's computers. Less known is the second quantum revolution, arguably initiated in 1935 during a debate between giants Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr. This revolution is still unfolding. Its revolutionaries--including the author of this short accessible book, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Alain Aspect--explore the notion of entangled particles, able to interact at seemingly impossible distances. Aspect's research has helped to show how entanglement may both upend existing technologies, like cryptography, and usher in entirely new ones, like quantum computing. Explaining this physics of the future, this work tells a story of how philosophical debates can shape new realities.
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Foreword by:
Kaiser, David
David Kaiser is the Germeshausen Professor of the History of Science and professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of Drawing Theories Apart, also published by the University of Chicago Press, and How the Hippies Saved Physics. He lives near Boston, Massachusetts.
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