TY - BOOK AU - Gisin,Nicolas ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Quantum Chance: Nonlocality, Teleportation and Other Quantum Marvels SN - 9783319054735 AV - QC173.96-174.52 U1 - 530.12 23 PY - 2014/// CY - Cham PB - Springer International Publishing, Imprint: Copernicus KW - physics KW - Data structures (Computer science) KW - Quantum theory KW - Physics KW - Quantum Physics KW - History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics KW - Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics KW - Data Structures, Cryptology and Information Theory N1 - Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Appetiser -- Local and Nonlocal Correlations -- Nonlocality and True Randomness.- Impossibility of Quantum Cloning -- Quantum Entanglement -- Experiment -- Applications -- Quantum Teleportation -- Is Nature Really Nonlocal? -- Current Research on Nonlocality -- Conclusion N2 - Quantum physics, which offers an explanation of the world on the smallest scale, has fundamental implications that pose a serious challenge to ordinary logic. Particularly counterintuitive is the notion of entanglement, which has been explored for the past 30 years and posits an ubiquitous randomness capable of manifesting itself simultaneously in more than one place. This amazing 'non-locality' is more than just an abstract curiosity or paradox: it has entirely down-to-earth applications in cryptography, serving for example to protect financial information; it also has enabled the demonstration of 'quantum teleportation', whose infinite possibilities even science-fiction writers can scarcely imagine. This delightful and concise exposition does not avoid the deep logical difficulties of quantum physics, but gives the reader the insights needed to appreciate them . From 'Bell's Theorem' to experiments in quantum entanglement, the reader will gain a solid understanding of one of the most fascinating areas of contemporary physics UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05473-5 ER -