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Einstein's quantum riddle [videorecording (DVD)].

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PBS Distribution, 2019.

DVD 530.12 E35 Doc

Quantum entanglement.

Physics -- Experiments.

Alternate title:

Nova. Einstein's quantum riddle [videorecording (DVD)]

[videorecording (DVD)].

1 videodisc (60 min.) : Dolby digital stereo. sd., col. ; 12 cm.

Originally broadcast as a single episode of the television program Nova on PBS on January 9, 2019.

English (SDH) subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Director, Jamie Lochhead ; producers, Jamie Lochhead, Melanie Wallace.

Narrator, Eric Meyers.

"Over the past century, scientists have made huge strides in understanding the mind-bending rules that govern the microworld of atoms and subatomic particles. But these rules, called quantum mechanics, contain one particularly bizarre, unexplained phenomenon: quantum entanglement. Imagine two subatomic particles that mirror changes in each other instantaneously over any distance -- apparently without communicating. Einstein called it 'spooky action at a distance' and although no one can explain how it works, scientists have already begun to harness its power. So-called quantum computing could give rise to computers that can shatter existing data encryption in minutes -- and use the laws of physics to create a totally secure, unhackable network. But even as researchers are poised to transform the digital world with entanglement, a few doubts about it remain, and to rule them out will take a ground-breaking experiment. NOVA takes you to a frigid mountaintop in the Canary Islands where physicists will use massive telescopes to catch light from quasars at opposite ends of the universe to control detectors in a record-breaking experiment that might settle the remaining questions once and for all."--Container.

Documentary television programs.

Science television programs.

Films for the hearing impaired.

Lochhead, Jamie.

Meyers, Eric, 1959-

Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)

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