Quantum Entanglement

MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series

By: Jed Brody

Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross

Quantum physics is notable for its brazen defiance of common sense. (Think of Schrödinger's Cat, famously both dead and alive.) An especially rigorous form of quantum contradiction occurs in experiments with entangled particles. Our common assumption is that objects have properties whether or not anyone is observing them, and the measurement of one can't affect the other. Quantum entanglement rejects this assumption, offering impeccable reasoning and irrefutable evidence of the opposite. Is quantum entanglement mystical, or just mystifying? In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, Jed Brody equips listeners to decide for themselves. He explains how our commonsense assumptions impose constraints-from which entangled particles break free.

Brody explores such concepts as local realism, Bell's inequality, polarization, time dilation, and special relativity. He introduces listeners to imaginary physicists Alice and Bob and their photon analyses; points out that it's easier to reject falsehood than establish the truth; and reports that some physicists explain entanglement by arguing that we live in a cross-section of a higher-dimensional reality. He also examines a variety of viewpoints held by physicists, including quantum decoherence, Niels Bohr's Copenhagen interpretation, genuine fortuitousness, and QBism.

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The complexity of entanglement

Generally explanatory with some ponderous areas to wade through. Overall an acceptable introduction using few math calculations

ad nauseum droning on examples

Chapter 6 was the only decent Chapter but assumes you understand Bayesian statistics which was completely antithetical to the rest of the book

True or false Quantum Entanglement?

If you are a true believer in Einstein’s “Spooky Action at a Distance Theory” then this argument against it, is worthy study for you and beginners. It will provide you facts and lay out analytical reasons why Einstein is wrong? Questioning your beliefs is good, regardless whether you don’t change your mind. For the beginning it is an alternate way of looking at Quantum Physics which will strengthen your understanding of it. Strongly recommended.

Quantum Entanglement

Concise and clear with good introduction to both conceptual elements and basic math underlying key concepts.

The nuts and bolts of Quantum Spookiness

Quantum entanglement stands out as one of the mysteries of quantum mechanics. In this expertly crafted book, we learn how Einstein and other physicists attempted to understand quantum spookiness. The conclusion of the book explains how Anthony Leggett came to understand the spookiness and the eventual rise of quantum Bayesian theories. Well worth reading!