Overview
- Provides an accessible and entertaining read about to the awe-inspiring developments and possibilities of the latest quantum technologies (“Quantum 2.0”)
- Written by an expert on quantum physics for non-experts
- Introduces the inevitable philosophical and societal questions of quantum physics that physicists usually sweep under the carpet
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About this book
This book tells the story of the second quantum revolution which will shape the 21st century as much as the first quantum revolution shaped the 20th century. It provides unique orientation in today's discussion and the latest progress on the interpretation of quantum physics and its further technological potential.
As you read this book the first prototypes of this revolution are being built in laboratories worldwide. Super-technologies such as nanotechnology, quantum computers, quantum information processing, and others will soon shape our daily lives, even if physicists themselves continue to disagree on how to interpret the central theory of modern physics. The book will thus also touch on the profound philosophical questions at the heart of quantum mechanics.
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Table of contents (27 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Quantum 2.0—The Second Technological Revolution Arising from the Quantum World
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Quantum Worlds—The Bizarre in the Very Small
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From Quantum Field Theories to a “Theory of Everything”—All Material Dissolves
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Cutting Across Philosophical, Aesthetic, and Spiritual Frames of Thought
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Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Dr. Lars Jaeger, 48, studied physics, mathematics, philosophy, and history and spent several years in theoretical physics research in the area of quantum field theory and chaos theory. He is author of numerous books on popular science, writes his own blogs, and appears frequently in the media on questions of science and technology. As an impetuous lateral thinker he founded two companies that use mathematical methods to model global capital markets.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Second Quantum Revolution
Book Subtitle: From Entanglement to Quantum Computing and Other Super-Technologies
Authors: Lars Jaeger
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98824-5
Publisher: Copernicus Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-98823-8Published: 16 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-98824-5Published: 07 January 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 339
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: Popular Science in Physics, Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics, Quantum Physics
Industry Sectors: Energy, Utilities & Environment, Engineering