1. Edition - June 2005
24.90 Euro
2005. 288 Pages, Hardcover
- General Reading -
ISBN-10: 0-471-47095-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-471-47095-3 - John Wiley & Sons






Sample Chapter

Short description
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."

From the contents
Acknowledgments.

Prologue.

Introduction: A Brief History of Beaming Up.

1. Light Readings.

2. Ghosts in the Material World.

3. The Mysterious Link.

4. Dataverse.

5. Secret Communications.

6. A Miracle in Montreal.

7. Small Steps and Quantum Leaps.

8. A Computer without Bounds.

9. Atoms, Molecules, Microbes . . ..

10. Far-fetched and Far-reaching.

Epilogue.

Chronology.

References.

Bibliography.

Index.