The Nobel Prize in Physics 2005

 

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2005
   
 

Credits

Editors:
Sune Svanberg, Chairman of the Nobel Committee for Physics, Stig Stenholm, Member of the Nobel Committee for Physics, Björn Jacobsson, KTH, Jonas Förare, Eva Krutmeijer and Malin Lindgren, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

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Contents:
| Introduction – The two faces of light | Using light as a tool | Are the fundamental constants really constant? | Quantum mechanics – what is it? | Guaranteed secure cryptography | Roy Glauber – the father of quantum optics | Further reading | Credits |
  Nobel Poster from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, web adapted by Nobel Web AB.

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