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Classical and Quantum Information

by Dan C. Marinescu

A new discipline, Quantum Information Science, has emerged in the last two decades of the twentieth century at the intersection of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science. Quantum Information Processing is...

QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter

by Richard P. Feynman & A. Zee

Celebrated for his brilliantly quirky insights into the physical world, Nobel laureate Richard Feynman also possessed an extraordinary talent for explaining difficult concepts to the general public. Here Feynman...

Physics in Mind: A Quantum View of the Brain

by Werner Loewenstein

No one can escape a sense of awe when reflecting on the workings of the mind: we see, we hear, we feel, we are aware of the world around us. But what is the mind? What do we mean when we say we are “aware”...

Advances in Quantum Chemistry

by John R. Sabin & Erkki J. Brandas

Advances in Quantum Chemistry presents surveys of current topics in this rapidly developing field that has emerged at the cross section of the historically established areas of mathematics, physics, chemistry,...

What the Bleep Do We Know!?™: Discovering the Endless Possibilities for Altering Your Everyday Reality

by William Arntz, Betsy Chasse & Mark Vicente

Gravity sometimes doesn't work.

Some things are both waves and particles. . .at the same time.

Electrons simply disappear . . . all the time.

If the universe is this wild and unpredictable, so full of possibility,...

The Everett Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics: Collected Works 1955-1980 with Commentary

by Jeffrey A. Barrett & Peter Byrne

Hugh Everett III was an American physicist best known for his many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics, which formed the basis of his PhD thesis at Princeton University in 1957. Although counterintuitive,...

Exploring Quantum Physics through Hands-on Projects

by David Prutchi

Build an intuitive understanding of the principles behind quantum mechanics through practical construction and replication of original experiments

With easy-to-acquire, low-cost materials and basic knowledge...

Quantum Teleportation and Entanglement

by Akira Furusawa & Peter van Loock

Unique in that it is jointly written by an experimentalist and a theorist, this monograph presents universal quantum computation based on quantum teleportation as an elementary subroutine and multi-party entanglement...