Bananaworld

Quantum Mechanics for Primates

Jeffrey Bub (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

290 Seiten

2018
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-881784-0 (ISBN)

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Information theory is essentially about correlations, and the novel approach of Bananaworld is to get at what's counterintuitive about quantum information by considering correlations between normally mundane experiences that every reader can relate to.

What on earth do bananas have to do with quantum mechanics? From a modern perspective, quantum mechanics is about strangely counterintuitive correlations between separated systems, which can be exploited in feats like quantum teleportation, unbreakable cryptographic schemes, and computers with enormously enhanced computing power. Schrodinger coined the term "entanglement" to describe these bizarre correlations. Bananaworld -- an imaginary island with "entangled" bananas -- brings to life the fascinating discoveries of the new field of quantum information without the mathematical machinery of quantum mechanics. The connection with quantum correlations is fully explained in sections written for the non-physicist reader with a serious interest in understanding the mysteries of the quantum world. The result is a subversive but entertaining book that is accessible and interesting to a wide range of readers, with the novel thesis that quantum mechanics is about the structure of information. What we have discovered is that the possibilities for representing, manipulating, and communicating information are very different than we thought.

Jeffrey Bub received his PhD in mathematical physics from the University of London, UK, in 1966, where he studied physics with David Bohm at Birkbeck College and took part in Karl Popper's seminar in philosophy of science at the London School of Economics, UK. His first book, The Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics (Reidel, 1974), was influential in developing the concept of quantum logic. His second book, 'Interpreting the "Quantum World"' (CUP, 1997; revised paperback edition, 1999), won the prestigious Lakatos Award in 1998. He is currently a Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland, College Park, USA.

1: Nobody Understands Quantum Mechanics
2: Qubits
3: Bananaworld
4: Really Random
5: Quantum Magic
6: Quantum Secrets
7: Quantum Feats
8: The Big Picture
9: Why the Quantum?
10: Making Sense of It All

Erscheinungsdatum	17.04.2018
Zusatzinfo	24 b/w illustrations
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	169 x 241 mm
Gewicht	522 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Atom- / Kern- / Molekularphysik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Quantenphysik
ISBN-10	0-19-881784-3 / 0198817843
ISBN-13	978-0-19-881784-0 / 9780198817840
Zustand	Neuware