The strange world of quantum mechanics

The Strange World of Quantum Mechanics

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 1-154

  Styer, Daniel F ^a,b  

^a OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; QUANTUM COMPUTERS; QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY; QUANTUM THEORY;

A-PARTICLES; BOUNCING BALLS; EINSTEIN-PODOLSKY-ROSEN PARADOX; QUANTUM BEHAVIORS;

MECHANICS;

EID: 84953426329     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781107050709     Document Type: Book

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