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Coming of Age With Quantum Information: Notes on a Paulian Idea

Christopher A. Fuchs

Published Feb 21, 2011• 17 citations
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Abstract

A passionate account of the early days of quantum information and computing from one of the most penetrating modern thinkers.

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17 January 2001, “First Contact” I am writing this letter to find out if you are interested in attending a conference in Växjö, Sweden this summer titled “Quantum Theory: Reconsideration of Foundations.” I do this because I have read a few of your papers and parts of your book on Bohr, and I have been extremely impressed. By trade, I am a practitioner of the new field of quantum information theory and computing – and indeed the main session I am organizing at the Växjö meeting will be about quantum foundations reconsidered in that light – but your description of Bohr's thought meshes so well with what I'm seeking in physics that I'd like to get you there too. PLEASE NOTE that this is not exactly a real invitation yet: I am still lobbying for a more philosophical contingent at the meeting. But, I would very much like to hear your reaction just as soon as possible. If things work out, and you would like to come, I will recontact you very soon with further details. The main reason I want you at our meeting is that I have this “madly optimistic” (Mermin called it) feeling that Bohrian–Paulian ideas will lead us to the next stage of physics. That is, that thinking about quantum foundations from their point of view will be the beginning of a new path, not the end of an old one.

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A passionate and personal account of the early days of quantum information and quantum computing, this unique book is a collection of more than 500 letters between the author and many of the founders of these intriguing fields. Christopher A. Fuchs is one of the most penetrating modern thinkers on the philosophical foundations of quantum mechanics. This remarkable book follows his journey as he comes to grips with the quantum world. It contains correspondence with Charles Bennett, Gilles Brassard, Rolf Landauer, N. David Mermin, Michael Nielsen, Asher Peres, John Preskill, Abner Shimony, William Wootters, Anton Zeilinger, and many others. Filled with diary entries, anecdotes, historical selections, and research ideas, this book will fascinate physicists, philosophers, and historians of science.
Quantum Information is the science that aims to use the unusual behavior of the microscopic world, governed by the laws of Quantum Mechanics, in order to improve the way in which we compute or communicate information. Though the first ideas in this direction come from the early 80’s, it is in the last decade when Quantum Information has suffered an spectacular development. It is impossible to resume in a paper like this one the importance and complexity of the field. Therefore, I will limit to briefly explain some of the initial ideas (considered classical by now), and to briefly suggest some of the modern lines of research. By the nature of this exposition, I have decided to avoid rigor and to concentrate more in ideas and intuitions. Anyhow, I have tried to provide with enough references, in such a way that an interested reader could find there proper theorems and proofs.
17 January 2001, “First Contact” I am writing this letter to find out if you are interested in attending a conference in Växjö, Sweden this summer titled “Quantum Theory: Reconsideration of Foundations.” I do this because I have read a few of your papers and parts of your book on Bohr, and I have been extremely impressed. By trade, I am a practitioner of the new field of quantum information theory and computing – and indeed the main session I am organizing at the Växjö meeting will be about quantum foundations reconsidered in that light – but your description of Bohr's thought meshes so well with what I'm seeking in physics that I'd like to get you there too. PLEASE NOTE that this is not exactly a real invitation yet: I am still lobbying for a more philosophical contingent at the meeting. But, I would very much like to hear your reaction just as soon as possible. If things work out, and you would like to come, I will recontact you very soon with further details. The main reason I want you at our meeting is that I have this “madly optimistic” (Mermin called it) feeling that Bohrian–Paulian ideas will lead us to the next stage of physics. That is, that thinking about quantum foundations from their point of view will be the beginning of a new path, not the end of an old one.