PIRSA:25100079

From Wheeler's "Theory of Measurement" to quantum teleportation

(2025). From Wheeler's "Theory of Measurement" to quantum teleportation. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/25100079

From Wheeler's "Theory of Measurement" to quantum teleportation. Perimeter Institute, Oct. 22, 2025, https://pirsa.org/25100079 

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            doi = {10.48660/25100079},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/25100079},
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            keywords = {Quantum Foundations},
            language = {en},
            title = {From Wheeler{\textquoteright}s "Theory of Measurement" to quantum teleportation},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2025},
            month = {oct},
            note = {PIRSA:25100079 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }
William Wootters
Talk numberPIRSA:25100079
DOI10.48660/25100079
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Abstract

In this talk, I trace one particular, personal thread in the history of quantum foundations and quantum information. It starts with a course taught by John Wheeler in the academic year 1977-1978 and ends with the 1992 discovery of the theoretical possibility of quantum teleportation. The story depends crucially on two insightful questions, posed by Asher Peres and Charles Bennett.