The God Effect

What is entanglement? It's a connection between quantum particles, the building blocks of the universe. Once two particles are entangled, a change to one of them is reflected--instantly--in the other, be they in the same lab or light-years apart. So counterintuitive is this phenomenon and its implications that Einstein himself called it “spooky” and thought that it would lead to the downfall of quantum theory. Yet scientists have since discovered that quantum entanglement, the “God Effect,” was one of Einstein’s few--and perhaps one of his greatest--mistakes.

Author(s): Brian Clegg
ISBN: 9780312555306
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: July 2009
Number of Pages: 258