The God Effect, by Brian Clegg
The God Effect: Quantum Entanglement, Science's Strangest Phenomenon, by Brian Clegg, reviewed by Sean Anderson, Claytor Library
St. Martin's Press, 2006, $24.95, 288 pgs
Quantum Entanglement is probably the weirdest implications that stems from the foundations of quantum theory. Continuously disputed by Einstein, entanglement involves the interaction of particles at great distances without them actually being physically near each other. A slight change in one of the particles will induce a change in the others no matter where they are located. With the help of statistics, the probability of a particles position can be calculated. However its exact position cannot be determined according to the uncertainty principle. Einstein disliked this uncertainty.
According to Clegg, further understanding of entanglement may lead to new
scientific discoveries.
St. Martin's Press, 2006, $24.95, 288 pgs
Quantum Entanglement is probably the weirdest implications that stems from the foundations of quantum theory. Continuously disputed by Einstein, entanglement involves the interaction of particles at great distances without them actually being physically near each other. A slight change in one of the particles will induce a change in the others no matter where they are located. With the help of statistics, the probability of a particles position can be calculated. However its exact position cannot be determined according to the uncertainty principle. Einstein disliked this uncertainty.
According to Clegg, further understanding of entanglement may lead to new
scientific discoveries.
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