David Darling 
Teleportation [EPUB ebook] 
The Impossible Leap

An authoritative, entertaining examination of the ultimate thrill ride

Until recently the stuff of sci-fi fiction and Star Trek reruns, teleportation has become a reality-for subatomic particles at least. In this eye-opening book, science author David Darling follows the remarkable evolution of teleportation, visiting the key labs that have cradled this cutting-edge science and relating the all-too-human stories behind its birth. He ties in the fast emerging fields of cryptography and quantum computing, tackles some thorny philosophical questions (for instance, can a soul be teleported?), and asks when and how humans may be able to ‘beam up.’

Table of Content

Acknowledgments.

Prologue.

Introduction: A Brief History of Beaming Up.

1. Light Readings.

2. Ghosts in the Material World.

3. The Mysterious Link.

4. Dataverse.

5. Secret Communications.

6. A Miracle in Montreal.

7. Small Steps and Quantum Leaps.

8. A Computer without Bounds.

9. Atoms, Molecules, Microbes . . ..

10. Far-fetched and Far-reaching.

Epilogue.

Chronology.

References.

Bibliography.

Index.

About the author

DAVID DARLING, Ph.D., is the author of several other narrative science titles, including Equations of Eternity, a New York Times Notable Book, and Deep Time. He is also the author of The Universal Book of Mathematics, The Universal Book of Astronomy, and The Complete Book of Spaceflight, all from Wiley, as well as more than thirty children’s books. His articles and reviews have appeared in Astronomy, Omni, Penthouse, New Scientist, the New York Times, and the Guardian, among others. He lives near Dundee, Scotland.