Following on from his bestseller, SCHRODINGER'S CAT, John Gribbin presents the recent dramatic improvements in experimental techniques that have enabled physicists to formulate and test new theories about the nature of light. He describes these theories not in terms of hard-to-imagine entities like spinning subnuclear particles, but in terms of the fate of two small cats, separated at a tender age and carried to opposite ends of the universe. In this way Gribbin introduces the reader to such new developments as quantum cryptography, through which unbreakable codes can be made, and goes on to possible future developments such as the idea that the 'entanglement' of quantum particles could be a way to build a STAR TREK style teleportation machine.

About the Author

John Gribbin has a Ph.D in Astrophysics from the University of Cambridge and is now Visiting Fellow at the University of Sussex. His books have been translated into many languages and have won awards both in Britain and the United States. He is a consultant to the New Scientist.

Prizes

Schrodingers Kittens has sold over 50,000 copies to date and has reprinted 10 times Attractive new cover This is a cutting edge subject. The nature of light and quantum theory is one of the most important areas of scientific discovery John Gribbin is a leading British science writer and his work will appeal to the same broad audience as Richard Dawkins or Stephen Jay Gould 'Few scientific writers are as prolific or as accessible with their work; Gribbin is one of the great explainers of science, carefully balancing his books towards those with a general desire for more knowledge as well as those who are leading proponents in their field' Sunday Times 'As in any other field, there are elite practitioners. Among their number must rank John Gribbin' TES 'The whole parable of "Schrodingers Kittens" is brilliant' Independent on Sunday