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The new quantum age: from Bell's theorem to quantum computation and teleportation

A clear account of what has been discovered in recent years about quantum theory, its counter-intuitive features - non-locality, indeterminism, intrinsic uncertainty - and what it tells us about the universe. The book also explains how these ideas have led to a new subject of limitless possibilities...

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Autor principal: Whitaker, Andrew
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: Oxford Univ. Press 2012
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Acceso en línea:http://cds.cern.ch/record/1404983
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Sumario:A clear account of what has been discovered in recent years about quantum theory, its counter-intuitive features - non-locality, indeterminism, intrinsic uncertainty - and what it tells us about the universe. The book also explains how these ideas have led to a new subject of limitless possibilities - quantum information theory.