Bananaworld: Quantum Mechanics for Primates (2016)
Bub, Jeffrey (Author)
Oxford University Press
Physical Details: 304
Language: English
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 withenormously enhanced computing power. Schro?dinger 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 mathematicalmachinery 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 andinteresting 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.
...MoreEssay Review Benjamin Eva (2017) A Deliciously Accessible Introduction to Quantum Mechanics. Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (pp. 251-255).
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