Three Elizabethtown College Professors are continuing their nearly 20 years of collaboration with an upcoming book, “Einstein’s Entanglement: Bell Inequalities, Relativity, and the Qubit,” which is slated to be released in Spring 2024 by the Oxford University Press.
Although research into quantum entanglement continues, a well-established explanation remains elusive. In the book, Etown Professor of Physics Mark Stuckey, Professor of Philosophy Michael Silberstein, and Professor of Mathematics Tim McDevitt propose a novel explanation of quantum entanglement, which is widely considered one of the greatest mysteries in physics.
“We solve the mystery of Einstein’s entanglement in the same way Einstein solved the mystery of length contraction in 1905, using Einstein’s own relativity principle,” Professor Stuckey said. “So, contrary to popular opinion, both of these great mysteries of physics exist precisely because everyone’s observational perspectives on reality are equally valid.”
Professor Silberstein added, “This means that quantum mechanics and relativity, thought by many to be in tension with one another, are in fact deeply unified by a single, simple principle. This is an irony of ironies as Einstein himself failed to see this fact.”
The professors all interact and contribute to every aspect of the research; however, Professor Stuckey is largely responsible for the physics portion, Professor Silberstein works on the foundations of physics and larger implications, and Professor McDevitt checks the mathematics.
“Together as a team, the three of us make up one theoretical physicist that is greater than the sum of the parts,” Silberstein said.
