Teleportation: The Impossible Leap.TELEPORTATION tel·e·por·ta·tion n. A hypothetical method of transportation in which matter or information is dematerialized, usually instantaneously, at one point and recreated at another. : The Impossible Leap DAVID DARLING David Darling may refer to:
Thanks to popular science fiction, it's easy to imagine teleportation, in which a person's molecules disassemble dis·as·sem·ble v. dis·as·sem·bled, dis·as·sem·bling, dis·as·sem·bles v.tr. To take apart: disassemble a toaster. v.intr. 1. in one place and instantaneously reassemble re·as·sem·ble v. re·as·sem·bled, re·as·sem·bling, re·as·sem·bles v.tr. 1. To bring or gather together again: reassembled the band for a reunion tour. 2. across the room or the universe. In this book, Darling explores the possibility of this bizarre form of travel. Scientists are already working, with some success, to teleport not people but particles. The keys to teleportation lie in the strange world of quantum physics quantum physics n. (used with a sing. verb) The branch of physics that uses quantum theory to describe and predict the properties of a physical system. quantum physics See quantum mechanics. . Darling clearly explains the complex fundamentals of that discipline, such as the duality of light as both wave and particle, the effects of measurement on particle states, Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, and the notion of entanglement. In doing so, he demonstrates how these principles make teleportation a physical possibility. Indeed, the successful teleportation of an atom was reported in 2004. Darling ends this fascinating tale with philosophical and practical musings on the highly unlikely prospect of teleportation of people. Wiley, 2005, 288 p., hardcover, $24.95. |
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