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Entanglement, Information, and the Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2009)
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Entanglement, Information, and the Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2009)
Series: The Frontiers Collection
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Entanglement was initially thought by some to be an oddity
restricted to the realm of thought experiments. However, Bell's
inequality delimiting local - havior and the experimental
demonstration of its violation more than 25 years ago made it
entirely clear that non-local properties of pure quantum states are
more than an intellectual curiosity. Entanglement and non-locality
are now understood to ?gure prominently in the microphysical world,
a realm into which technology is rapidly hurtling. Information
theory is also increasingly recognized by physicists and
philosophers as intimately related to the foun- tions of mechanics.
The clearest indicator of this relationship is that between quantum
information and entanglement. To some degree, a deep relationship
between information and mechanics in the quantum context was
already there to be seen upon the introduction by Max Born and
Wolfgang Pauli of the idea that the essence of pure quantum states
lies in their provision of probabilities regarding the behavior of
quantum systems, via what has come to be known as the Born rule.
The signi?cance of the relationship between mechanics and
information became even clearer with Leo Szilard's analysis of
James Clerk Maxwell's infamous demon thought experiment. Here, in
addition to examining both entanglement and quantum infor- tion and
their relationship, I endeavor to critically assess the in?uence of
the study of these subjects on the interpretation of quantum
theory.
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