Quantum Entanglement
Quantum Entanglement (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series)
by Jed Brody
English | 2020 | ISBN: 026253844X | 186 Pages | PDF | 4 MB
by Jed Brody
English | 2020 | ISBN: 026253844X | 186 Pages | PDF | 4 MB
Quantum physics is notable for its brazen defiance of common sense. (Think of Schrödinger's Cat, famously both dead and alive.) An especially rigorous form of quantum contradiction occurs in experiments with entangled particles. Our common assumption is that objects have properties whether or not anyone is observing them, and the measurement of one can't affect the other. Quantum entanglement—called by Einstein “spooky action at a distance”—rejects this assumption, offering impeccable reasoning and irrefutable evidence of the opposite. Is quantum entanglement mystical, or just mystifying? In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, Jed Brody equips readers to decide for themselves. He explains how our commonsense assumptions impose constraints—from which entangled particles break free.