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Entanglement

The Greatest Mystery in Physics

9781551925493

Raincoast Books
Available: 09/24/02
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9781551925493
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Aczel, Amir

Quantum theory-the theory about the laws that govern the realm of the very small-is the strangest field in all science. And the most perplexing phenomenon in the quantum world is the effect called "entanglement." Two particles that may be very far apart are mysteriously linked together. Whatever happens to one of them immediately causes a change in the other one, whether it is two millimetres away, or on the other side of the universe.
How is this possible? And what are the implications for our understanding of the universe and the arcane mathematical laws that seem to govern its darkest recesses? Entanglement is an introduction to this bizarre phenomenon and the weird world of sub-atomic particles. It is the first book to bring together the latest theories of quantum mechanics. Was Einstein wrong-does God really play dice with the universe?

Amir D. Aczel, PhD, is an internationally recognized mathematician and science writer who lives in Boston. His bestselling books include The Riddle of the Compass, Fermat's Last Theorem, Mysteries of Aleph and Probability 1.