Quantum Entanglement (MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series) - Jed Brody
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An exploration of quantum entanglement and the ways in which it contradicts our everyday assumptions about the ultimate nature of reality., Quantum physics is notable for its brazen defiance of common sense. (Think of Schrdingers 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 cant affect the other. Quantum entanglementcalled by Einstein spooky action at a distancerejects 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 constraintsfrom which entangled particles break free., Brody explores such concepts as local realism, Bells i
