Teleportation: The Impossible Leap
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SKU 9780471470953
An authoritative, entertaining examination of the ultimate thrill ride
Until recently the stuff of sci-fi fiction and Star Trek reruns, teleportation has become a reality-for subatomic particles at least. In this eye-opening book, science author David Darling follows the remarkable evolution of teleportation, visiting the key labs that have cradled this cutting-edge science and relating the all-too-human stories behind its birth. He ties in the fast emerging fields of cryptography and quantum computing, tackles some thorny philosophical questions (for instance, can a soul be teleported?), and asks when and how humans may be able to "beam up."
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Book details
- Author
- David Darling
- Imprint
- Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 278
- Formats
- Hardcover
- Subjects
- Science › Physics
- Topics
- quantum mechanics · quantum entanglement · quantum computing · cryptography · popular science · physics
- ISBN-13
- 9780471470953
About the author
DAVID DARLING is a British astronomer and freelance science writer with more than twenty years of full-time science writing and the author of numerous popular science books. His recent books include The Complete Book of Spaceflight, The Universal Book of Astronomy and Gravity’s Arc: The Story of Gravity from Aristotle to Einstein and Beyond.
Darling holds a doctorate in astronomy from the University of Manchester. His book Equations of Eternity was named a New York Times Notable Book, and his articles have appeared in the New York Times, New Scientist and the Guardian.
David lives in Dundee, Scotland.