
By Brian Clegg
ISBN-10: 0312343418
ISBN-13: 9780312343415
The phenomenon that Einstein proposal too spooky and weird to be true
What is entanglement? It's a connection among quantum debris, the construction blocks of the universe. as soon as debris are entangled, a metamorphosis to at least one of them is reflected—-instantly—-in the opposite, be they within the similar lab or light-years aside. So counterintuitive is that this phenomenon and its implications that Einstein himself referred to as it "spooky" and suggestion that it'll bring about the downfall of quantum concept. but scientists have due to the fact that came upon that quantum entanglement, the "God Effect," was once certainly one of Einstein's few—-and maybe certainly one of his greatest—-mistakes.
What does it mean? the chances provided through a fuller figuring out of the character of entanglement learn like whatever out of technological know-how fiction: communications units that may span the celebrities, codes that can't be damaged, desktops that dwarf today's machines in velocity and tool, teleportation, and extra.