[Triumf-seminars] TRIUMF ISAC Seminar today at 11:45

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Date/Time: Wed 2003-07-02 at 11:45

Location:  Auditorium          

Speaker:   Jim Al-Khalili (University of Surrey (UK))

Title:     The Quantum: still crazy after all these years

Abstract: Physicists use quantum mechanics every day but cannot agree about 
what it is telling us about nature, and indeed reality itself.
Despite this, quantum mechanics is without doubt the single most important 
scientific theory of the past century. Its formalism is beautiful, and its 
predictions have been tested and verified for three quarters of a century. 
So why does it still cause headaches?
This talk is aimed primarily at non-physicists but hopefully even 
physicists will find it fun. It is based on a newly published book
(Quantum: A Guide for the Perplexed) and will be a whirlwind tour 
of the subject from its origins to the exciting 21st century prospects of 
quantum technology such as quantum computing and teleportation. Along the 
way, some of the weirder conclusions forced upon us by the theory are 
explored, such as the two-slit experiment, non-locailty and entanglement.





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