PIRSA:25100079 Conference Quantum Foundations

DOI10.48660/25100079

Conference/School: 100 Years of Quantum: Perspectives on its Past, Present, and Future

(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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  keywords = {Quantum Foundations},
  language = {en},
  title = {From Wheeler{\textquoteright}s "Theory of Measurement" to quantum teleportation},
  publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
  year = {2025},
  month = {oct},
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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.

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