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Subject: Re: Universe As Hologram
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Date: Thu, 1-Oct-87 16:04:54 EDT
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In article <7402@ism780c.UUCP> jimh@ism780c.UUCP (Jim Hori) writes:
>In 1982 a remarkable event took place. At the University of Paris
>a research team led by physicist Alain Aspect performed what may
>turn out to be one of the most important experiments of the 20th
>century. You did not hear about it on the evening news. In fact,
>unless you are in the habit of reading scientific journals you
>probably have never even heard Aspect's name, though there are
>some who believe his discovery may change the face of science.
>
>Aspect and his team discovered that under certain circumstances
>subatomic particles such as electrons are able to instantaneously
>communicate with each other regardless of the distance separating
>them. It doesn't matter whether they are 10 feet or 10 billion
>miles apart. Somehow each particle always seems to know what the
>other is doing.
>
>jimh ...yeah you right

Actually, this stuff has been popularized in a few books that are
quite accessible to those of us who aren't physicists.  I recommend
"Quantum Realities", "In Search of Shroedinger's Cat", "In Search of
the Big Bang", and "The Tao of Physics".  I don't remember the authors
of these books, but you should be able to find them in the Science
or Nature section of a good bookstore (no, not Crown).

-- Chuck