Foundations of Physics 35 (4):541-560 (2005)
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I argue that quantum mechanics is fundamentally a theory about the representation
and manipulation of information, not a theory about the mechanics of
nonclassical waves or particles. The notion of quantum information is to be understood
as a new physical primitive—just as, following Einstein’s special theory of
relativity, a field is no longer regarded as the physical manifestation of vibrations
in a mechanical medium, but recognized as a new physical primitive in its own
right.
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Keywords | quantum information foundations of quantum mechanics quantum measurement entanglement |
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DOI | 10.1007/s10701-004-2010-x |
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