The Quantum Handshake (eBook)

John G. Cramer is  known to many as author of the award-nominated hard-SF novels Twistor and Einstein's Bridge, and contributor of nearly 200 popular-science articles published in Analog Science Fiction and Fact Magazine.  He is Professor Emeritus of Physics at the University of Washington in Seattle, where he has five decades of experience in teaching undergraduate and graduate physics.  From 1983 - 1990 he served as Director of the UW Nuclear Physics Laboratory. John has done cutting-edge research in experimental and theoretical nuclear physics and ultra-relativistic heavy ion physics, fields in which he has published extensively. He has also worked on the foundations of quantum mechanics and is the originator of its Transactional Interpretation.  John and his wife Pauline live in the View Ridge neighborhood of Seattle, Washington.  

Introduction.- The Curious History of Quantum Mechanics.- Quantum Entanglement and Nonlocality.- Reversing Time.- The Transactional Interpretation.- Quantum Paradoxes and Applications of the TI.- Nonlocal Signaling?.- Quantum Communication, Encryption, Teleportation, and Computing.- The Nature and Structure of Time.- Conclusion.- Appendices: A. Frequently Asked Questions about Quantum Mechanics and the Transactional Interpretation.- B. A Brief Overview of the Quantum Formalism.- C. Quantum Dice and Poker - Nonlocal Games of Chance.- D. Detailed Analyses of Selected Gedankenexperiments.