The quantum world: from weird to wired

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:10030119,
            doi = {},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/10030119},
            author = {Emerson, Joseph},
            keywords = {Quantum Information},
            language = {en},
            title = {The quantum world: from weird to wired},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2010},
            month = {mar},
            note = {PIRSA:10030119 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }
          

Abstract

Does quantum mechanics really tell us that particles, molecules, and maybe even cats, can be in two places at once? Does it force us to deny a reality that is independent of our observation? How can scientists disagree about what quantum mechanics means and yet still agree that it is right? Joseph Emerson, co-writer of the award-winning documentary “The Quantum Tamers”, will address these questions and then describe, drawing on preview clips from the documentary, how the weirdness of the quantum world is now being harnessed for a ‘quantum information revolution’ that includes quantum teleportation, super-secure quantum communication, and the exponential power of quantum computation.