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DTSTART:20110401T210000Z
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LOCATION:2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 3:30 pm)
SUMMARY:How the Hippies Saved Physics\, Physics Department Colloquium\
 , David Kaiser\, MIT
DESCRIPTION:In recent years\, the field of quantum information science
  has catapulted to the cutting edge of physics\, sporting a multi-bill
 ion-dollar research program\, tens of thousands of published research 
 articles\, and a variety of device prototypes. This tremendous excitem
 ent marks the tail end of a long-simmering Cinderella story. Long befo
 re the big budgets and dedicated teams\, the field moldered on the sci
 entific sidelines. In fact\, the field's recent breakthroughs derive\,
  in part\, from the hazy\, bong-filled excesses of the 1970s New Age m
 ovement. Many of the ideas that now occupy the core of quantum informa
 tion science once found their own amid an anything-goes counterculture
  frenzy\, a mishmash of spoon-bending psychics\, Eastern mysticism\, L
 SD trips\, and CIA spooks chasing mind-reading dreams. For the better 
 part of two decades\, the concepts that would\, in time\, blossom into
  developments like quantum encryption were bandied about in late-night
  bull sessions and hawked by proponents of a burgeoning self-help move
 ment -- more snake oil than stock option. This talk describes the fiel
 d's bumpy transition from New Age to cutting edge.
URL:https://www.physics.wisc.edu/events/?id=1776
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