Shane Ginnane's point is well taken. Erwin Schrödinger (1887-1961) described entanglement as one of the 'central principles' of quantum mechanics; and there is a discussion, pellucid but not for mathematical dropouts, of entanglement in the first English-language edition of John von Neumann's book, Mathematical foundations of quantum mechanics, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1955.
What are new, many of them dating only from 2013, are reports of the experimental observation and verification of quantum entanglement in engineering contexts. Devices that exploit it are beginning to be built, and they will change the world. John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
