Quantum Strangeness by George S. Greenstein

Author:George S. Greenstein
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Bell's theorem, quantum mechanics, John Bell, quantum entanglement, spooky action, Einstein, quantum computers, Bell's inequlaities, reality, metaphysics, quantum theory, quantum reality, quantum weirdness, qubits
Publisher: The MIT Press

It was not just a matter of self-image. Physicists were being enlisted as soldiers in the Cold War. People were urgently needed to combat Soviet domination in the arms race and the space race—highly trained people skilled in the arcana of the new physics. Enrollments in physics courses exploded. At the start of the World War the United States was turning out fewer than 200 physics PhDs per year—but by 1960 that number had more than tripled, and by 1970 it had passed 1,500. In such an atmosphere there was no need—and no time, and maybe even no stomach—to go into such charming stuff as the ultimate nature of reality. Tough people were wanted: can-do types who would roll up their sleeves, brush aside the niceties, and get down to cases. People with deadlines to meet and jobs to do.

And the world got what it wanted.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.