The New Quantum Age

NOTE EDITORE

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 - it seems that God does play dice! This book, written by an expert in the field, explains the emergence of our new perspective on quantum theory, but also describes how the ideas involved in this re-evaluation led seamlessly to a totally new discipline -quantum information theory. This discipline includes quantum computation, which is able to perform tasks quite out of the range of other computers; the totally secure algorithms of quantum cryptography; and quantum teleportation - as part of science fact rather than science fiction. The book is the first to combine these elements, and will be of interest to anybody interested in fundamental aspects of science and their application to the real world.

SOMMARIO

1 - Quantum theory - basic ideas2 - Quantum theory and discreteness3 - The Schrödinger equation4 - Superposition5 - Further complications6 - Orthodox and non-orthodox interpretations of quantum theory7 - Entanglement8 - The achievement of John Bell9 - Experimental philosophy: The first decade10 - Alain Aspect: ruling out signalling11 - Recent developments on Bell's inequalities12 - Bell's theorem without inequalities13 - The new age14 - Bell's last thoughts15 - Knowledge, information and (a little about) quantum information16 - Feynman and the prehistory of quantum computation17 - Quantum computation18 - Constructing a quantum computer19 - More techniques in quantum information theory

AUTORE

Andrew Whitaker lectured at the University of Ulster from 1978-1988 before joining Queen's University Belfast where he is now Professor of Physics. For 25 years his main field of research has been on the Foundations of Quantum Theory, which has developed into the present 'hot topic' of Quantum Information Theory. Whitaker has published around 50 papers on this subject and has numerous publications on the History of Physics and Physics Education.

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780198754763
• Dimensioni: 231 x 22.5 x 159 mm Ø 610 gr
• Formato: Brossura
• Pagine Arabe: 408