Anton Zeilinger won the 2022 Nobel Prize for Physics for conducting
"groundbreaking experiments using entangled light particles,
photons". He has been Professor of Experimental Physics at the
University of Vienna since 1999, and conducting research at the
Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information of the
Austrian Academy of Sciences since 2004. But his fascination with
science extends beyond the very smallest (quantum) level, to the
very largest scales of astrophysics. You might even find him in a
Viennese cafe or a Boston jazz club, pondering the meaning of life,
the universe and everything, or on the sailboat he christened
"42", which is part of the answer.
For around a decade he served as President of the Austrian Academy
of Sciences, yet somehow he also finds time for Bach, Beethoven,
Schubert and The Beatles, and much more besides. It remains a
mystery how he jumps from one place to another so quickly to
achieve all this, when the book claims human teleportation is
impossible.
Using refined tools and long series of experiments, Anton Zeilinger
... has demonstrated a phenomenon called quantum teleportation,
which makes it possible to move a quantum state from one particle
to one at a distance ... A new kind of quantum technology is
emerging
*The Nobel Prize Judges*
Dance of the Photons is a delight. The explanations of some of the
most subtle and unexpected effects of quantum physics are provided
in terms of beautifully simple and charming everyday settings. The
true flavour of quantum mechanics is here made accessible, without
pain but with considerable good humour
*Sir Roger Penrose, winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics*
Anton Zeilinger has done more than anyone to unfold the quantum
world by fashioning amazing experiments that have allowed nature to
speak to us in her own native quantum language. In this clearly and
elegantly written book he takes the reader on the journey he and
his colleagues have travelled in their interrogations of the
quantum world. Along the way he introduces us to the new concept of
quantum information and explains its promise to revolutionize how
we communicate and compute
*Lee Smolin, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics*
From the sewers under Vienna to a whirlwind tour of the great
physicists of the twentieth century and their wild ideas, this is a
marvellous introduction to the world of quantum physics by one of
the most accomplished experimenters working in the field today.
Zeilinger takes the reader on a very personal journey while
providing a remarkably clear and cogent discussion of the
mind-bending world of quantum mechanics and its potential to change
the future of technology
*Lawrence M. Krauss, author of "Quantum Man: Richard Feynman's Life
in Science"*
Those seeking an accessible popular account of this fascinating
field will find their search over . . . Taking some of the most
complex ideas from cutting-edge science, Zeilinger provides simple
and clear explanations that in no way compromise the fundamental
concepts
*Science*
For more than eighty years the bizarre features of the description
of nature at the atomic level given by quantum mechanics have
puzzled and fascinated the physics community, but it is only in
recent years that many of these features have been verified by
experiment. This delightful little book, by one of the world's
leading practitioners in this area, explains these recent advances
in a way that should be accessible even to readers with no physics
background
*Anthony J. Leggett, winner of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physics*
An exciting new perspective. He is one of the leading investigators
into the foundations and consequences of quantum theory. His long
history of intense involvement in the concrete details of making
quantum effects visible and measurable in fundamental experiments
is reflected in the book, setting it apart from many other
popularizations ... Zeilinger writes with wit and clarity,
combining humorous dialogue with an admirably serious and thorough
treatment of some of the most challenging and fundamental concepts
in modern quantum physics. Dance of the Photons is a wonderful
resource for general readers who want to delve more deeply into
contemporary quantum experiments and their ramifications ... a tour
de force of exposition
*American Scientist*
Anton Zeilinger's exposition of this puzzling subject is clear and
vivid, and backed by a voice of authority that could come only from
his being a leading experimenter in the field.
*A. Zee, author of "Fearful Symmetry", "Einstein's Universe", and
"Quantum Field Theory in a Nutshell"*
Light is the research focus of Zeilinger, a physicist in Austria
who studies photons' ghostly quantum behaviour ... The
faster-than-light talent of quantum particles bothered Einstein but
excites Zeilinger, who describes the technologies that entanglement
could in principle permit, such as quantum computers or quantum
teleportation. An innovative presenter of a complicated topic,
Zeilinger will appeal to the futurists of the science set
*Booklist*
A rewarding exploration of the weird world of quantum physics ...
the author introduces two college freshmen, Bob and Alice, eager
for a taste of quantum physics ... Zeilinger uses simple diagrams
and cheerful dialogues between Bob and Alice to make a difficult
concept somewhat less difficult ... readers who pay close attention
will grasp a strange but fascinating scientific principle
*Kirkus Reviews*
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