Index

Numbers in italics indicate images.

• Abellan, Carlos, 85, 85, 85–90
• Abstract thinking, 34, 35
• Aspect, Alain, 79–82, 80, 85, 93
• Atomic bomb, 66, 104
• “Aunt Martha’s Coffin,” 105

• Bank transfers, 102–106
• Bell, John, 2–7, 58, 101, 117
• background of, 57–58
• combination of mathematical quantities by, 61–62
• GHZ theorem and, 121–122
• Greenstein’s meeting with, 59–60
• indifference over work of, 65–66
• passion and commitment of, 60–61
• pioneering work of, 61
• work of, 55–62
• Bell, Mary, 58
• Bell’s Theorem, 2–3, 26, 81
• Alain Aspect and, 79–82, 85
• Anton Zeilinger and, 82–85
• experiments based on, 63–64
• George Greenstein’s early understanding of, 45–46, 113–117
• as hidden variable theory, 46–53
• hidden variable theory and (See Hidden variable theory)
• John Bell’s work and, 55–62
• John Clauser and, 71–79
• locality assumption in, 94–96
• nature violating, 93
• nonlocality and, 97–100
• other forms of, 127
• randomness and, 85–90
• scientists’ desire to close loopholes in, 90–91
• Bennett, Charles, 104–105, 106
• Bohm, David, 98
• Bohr, Niels, 22–26, 25, 37, 40, 66, 101, 121
• Brassard, Gilles, 104–105, 106

• Can Quantum-Mechanical Description of Physical Reality Be Considered Complete?,” 37
• Clauser, John, 71–79, 72
• desire to discredit quantum theory, 93
• CNN, 98
• Cold War, the, 66–67, 101
• Computers, quantum, 109–111

• Defense Intelligence Agency, 110

• Einstein, Albert, 6, 17–19, 18, 25, 30, 35, 101, 117, 121, 122
• attack on Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle, 21–27
• EPR paradox and, 37–40
• theory of relativity of, 99
• thought experiments by, 22, 24, 26
• Electromagnetism, 17
• Electrons, nature of, 22
• Electron spin, 29–31
• EPR paradox and, 37–38
• hidden variable theory, 46–53
• locality assumption, 94
• matrix of, 33–34
• transfering information, 102–105
• Encryption, 104–105
• “Enigma” machine, 104
• EPR paradox, 37–40
• hidden variable theory, 46–53
• nonlocality and, 97
• Esalen Institute, 77
• ESP phenomena, 110
• Experimental metaphysics, 5–6
• encryption in, 104–105
• new age of, 101–102
• quantum teleportation, 106–111

• Feynman, Richard, 118, 120
• Freedom of choice experiment, 82–85, 105–106
• Fundamental Fysiks Group, 76

• Gell-Mann, Murray, 40
• GHZ theorem, 121–124
• Google, 101
• Gravitation, theory of, 17
• Great Predictor, 1, 3–5, 21, 35
• EPR paradox and, 37–40, 46–53
• Greenstein’s first encounter with, 45, 113
• hidden variables and, 41–42
• silence of, 11–12, 14, 116
• See also Quantum mechanics
• Greenberger, Daniel, 121
• Greenstein, George
• early understanding of Bell’s Theorem, 45–46, 113–117
• fascination with Bell’s Theorem, 2–3, 15, 115–116
• first encounter with the Great Predictor, 45, 113
• meeting with John Bell, 59–60
• on scientific view of reality, 117–119
• Half-life, 41–42
• Heisenberg, Werner, 21, 22
• Hidden variable theory, 41–42, 46–53, 71, 116
• Alain Aspect and, 79–82, 85
• Anton Zeilinger and, 82–85
• freedom of choice and, 81–82
• John Bell’s work and, 55–62
• John Clauser and, 71–79
• locality assumption in, 94
• radioactive decay and, 41–42, 116–117
• randomness and, 85–90
• things in, 94–96
• Horne, Michael, 121
• Hubble Space Telescope, 7

• Intel Corporation, 109

• Jaynes, E. T., 96, 117

• Kaiser, David, 66

• Language of quantum mechanics, 33–35
• Large Hadron Collider, 7
• Locality assumption, 94–96

• Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics, 65
• Matrix, 33–34
• McCarthyism, 78
• Metaphysics. See Experimental metaphysics
• Micus Satellite, 107, 109
• Mitchell, Morgan, 85, 85, 85–90
• Moore, Gordon, 109
• Moore’s Law, 109–110

• Newton, Isaac, 17
• Nonlocality, 97–100, 101, 108

• Pan, Jian-Wei, 106, 106, 107
• Physical Review, 27
• Podolsky, Boris, 37, 39, 122

• Quantum computers, 109–111
• Quantum machines
• information transfer with, 102–105
• philosophical differences and, 101–102
• quantum computers, 109–111
• quantum teleportation and, 106–109
• research milestones in, 105–106
• Quantum mechanics
• as abbreviated language, 33–35
• in the Cold War, 66–67
• electron spin and (See Electron spin)
• freedom of choice experiment, 82–85, 105–106
• GHZ theorem, 121–124
• as Great Predictor, 1, 3–5, 113
• Greenstein’s fascination with, 2–3, 15, 115–116
• as half a theory, 17–19, 27, 34
• hidden variables theory, 46–53, 71
• John Bell and, 2–7
• John Clauser and, 71–79
• locality assumption, 94–96
• measurements creating a property of the microworld, 96
• Moore’s Law and d, 109–110
• new experimental metaphysics and, 101–102
• nonlocality in, 97–100, 101, 108
• non-technical works on, 125–126
• physicists’ arguments about, 13
• popular books on, 26–27
• questions not answered by, 12–13
• scientists’ desire to close loopholes in, 90–91
• semitechnical books on, 126
• significance of, 1
• transfering information, 102–105
• uncertainty theory in, 21–27
• von Neumann’s work on, 64–65
• See also Great Predictor
• Quantum teleportation, 106–111

• Radioactive decay, 41–42, 116–117
• Randomness, 85–90
• Reality, scientific concepts of, 117–119
• Rosen, Nathan, 37, 39

• Solvay, Ernest, 22
• Solvay Conference, 22
• Spin, electron. See Electron spin

• Teleportation, quantum, 106–111
• Theory of relativity, 99
• Things, 94–96
• Thought experiments, 22, 24, 26

• Uncertainty principle, 21

• Variables, hidden, 41–42
• Von Neumann, John, 64–65, 101

• World War II, 66, 104

• Zajonc, Arthur, 59
• Zeilinger, Anton, 82–85, 83, 105–106, 108–109, 121, 122