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Philosophy of Quantum Information and Entanglement

By Gregg Jaeger , Alisa Bokulich

Book information

Publisher
CUP
Year
2010
ISBN
9780521898768, 0521898765
LCC
QC174.12 .P435 2010
Open Library ID
OL24028667M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2278782 bytes)
Edition
draft
Pages
308\308
Library
Kolxo3
Time added
2010-07-29 05:14:56

Description

Recent work in quantum information science has produced a revolution in our understanding of quantum entanglement. Scientists now view entanglement as a physical resource with many important applications. These range from quantum computers, which would be able to compute exponentially faster than classical computers, to quantum cryptographic techniques, which could provide unbreakable codes for the transfer of secret information over public channels. These important advances in the study of quantum entanglement and information touch on deep foundational issues in both physics and philosophy. This interdisciplinary volume brings together fourteen of the world's leading physicists and philosophers of physics to address the most important developments and debates in this exciting area of research. It offers a broad spectrum of approaches to resolving deep foundational challenges - philosophical, mathematical, and physical - raised by quantum information, quantum processing, and entanglement. This book is ideal for historians, philosophers of science and physicists.

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