The Quantum Matrix: Henry Bar's Perilous Struggle for Quantum Coherence

Gershon Kurizki (Professor and the G. W. Dunne Chair in Quantum Optics, Professor and the G. W. Dunne Chair in Quantum Optics, Weizmann Institute of Science),Goren Gordon (Head of Curiosity Lab, Head of Curiosity Lab, Department of Industrial Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Israel)

The Quantum Matrix: Henry Bar's Perilous Struggle for Quantum Coherence
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Country
United Kingdom
Published
16 April 2020
Pages
288
ISBN
9780198787464

The Quantum Matrix: Henry Bar’s Perilous Struggle for Quantum Coherence

Gershon Kurizki (Professor and the G. W. Dunne Chair in Quantum Optics, Professor and the G. W. Dunne Chair in Quantum Optics, Weizmann Institute of Science),Goren Gordon (Head of Curiosity Lab, Head of Curiosity Lab, Department of Industrial Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Israel)

In this book, Henry Bar, physicist and the first quantum superhero, guides the reader through the amazing quantum world. His hair-raising adventures in his perilous struggle for quantum coherence are graphically depicted by comics and thoroughly explained to the lay reader. Behind each adventure lies a key concept in quantum physics. These concepts range from the basic quantum coherence and entanglement through tunnelling and the recently discovered quantum decoherence control, to the principles of the emerging technologies of quantum communication and computing. The explanations of the concepts are accessible, but nonetheless rigorous and detailed. They are followed by an account of the broader context of these concepts, their historic perspective, current status and forthcoming developments. Finally, thought-provoking philosophical and cultural implications of these concepts are discussed. The mathematical appendices of all chapters cover in a straightforward manner the core aspects of quantum physics at the level of a university introductory course. The Quantum Matrix presents an entertaining, popular, yet comprehensive picture of quantum physics . It can be read as a light-hearted illustrated tale, a philosophical treatise, or a textbook. Either way, the book lets the reader delve deeply into the wondrous quantum world from diverse perspectives and obtain glimpses into the quantum technologies that are about to reshape our lives. This book offers the reader an enjoyable and rewarding voyage through the quantum world.

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