Slow Light: Invisibility, Teleportation, And Other Mysteries Of Light
Invisibility, Teleportation, and Other Mysteries of Light
$63.99
- Paperback
158 pages
- Release Date
29 July 2011
Summary
Slow Light is a popular treatment of today’s astonishing breakthroughs in the science of light. Even though we don’t understand light’s quantum mysteries, we can slow it to a stop and speed it up beyond its Einsteinian speed limit, 186,000 miles/sec; use it for quantum telecommunications; teleport it; manipulate it to create invisibility; and perhaps generate hydrogen fusion power with it. All this is lucidly presented for non-scientists who wonder about teleportation, Harry Potter invisib…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781848167520 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1848167520 |
| Author: | Sidney Perkowitz |
| Publisher: | Imperial College Press |
| Imprint: | Imperial College Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 158 |
| Release Date: | 29 July 2011 |
| Weight: | 295g |
| Dimensions: | 224mm x 150mm x 15mm |
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With an elegant and clear style, Perkowitz takes the reader through the reality of these remarkable phenomena, including the strange quantum effects related to entanglement. Here is an author who is keen to show that what we know is already amazing, without having to pour over the purely hypothetical. – CERN Courier “CERN Courier”This excellent little book tells of the truly marvelous properties of light that have been revealed in the last half century or so. Highly recommended. – Choice “Choice”
About The Author
Sidney Perkowitz
Educated as a physicist, Sidney Perkowitz has produced dozens of research papers and books, along with four popular science books, works for stage and screen, and numerous magazine articles. “Hollywood Science” combines his science background with his love of movies. Born in New York, he lives in Atlanta and is the Charles Howard Candler Professor of Physics at Emory University. He’s happy to hear from readers at
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