![]() SIX QUANTUM PIECES
A First Course in Quantum Physics
by Valerio Scarani (National
University of Singapore), Lynn
Chua & Shi Yang Liu (NUS
High School of Mathematics and Science,
Singapore)
160pp
978-981-4327-54-1(pbk): US$24 / £15
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This book is an
original first approach to quantum
physics, the core of modern physics. It
combines the competence of a well-known
researcher in quantum information
science and the freshness in style of
two high school students.
Quantum physics is
known to be challenging for two reasons:
it describes counter-intuitive phenomena
and employs rather advanced mathematics.
The description of "traditional" quantum
phenomena (the structure of atoms and
molecules, the properties of solids, the
zoology of sub-atomic particles) does
indeed involve the whole formalism.
However, some other striking phenomena,
somehow the most "typically quantum"
ones, can be described using only high
school mathematical skills. This
approach exploits this fact, thus making
it possible for a beginner to tackle
mind-boggling experiments like
teleportation and the violation of
Bell's inequalities, and practice
notions like superposition, entanglement
and decoherence.
Contents:
- Introducing Quantum Physics with
Polarization
- Quantum Cryptography
- Quantum Cloning
- Quantum Teleportation
- Quantum Correlations and Bell's
Inequalities
- The GHZ Argument for Quantum
Correlations
- Measurement and Decoherence
- Other Two-Level Systems
- Link with More Traditional
Presentations of Quantum Physics
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