Pioneers. Ekert : a model kit / [script, image, sound, and editing by Karol Jalochowski].

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Jalochowski, Karol, director, screenwriter, editor of moving image work.

Ekert, Artur K., 1961- interviewee.

Zmelonek, Piotr, producer.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ekert, Artur K., 1961---Interviews.

Ekert, Artur K.

Physicists--Interviews.

Physicists.

Mathematicians--Interviews.

Mathematicians.

Quantum theory.

Physics.

Free will and determinism.

Genre:

Educational films.

Interviews.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (55 minutes)

Place of Publication:

Poland : POLITYKA Sp. z o.o. S.K.A., 2017.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

In 1992 Artur Ekert (b. 1961), a young maverick mathematician and physicist, invented a unique kind of quantum cryptography. Being a recipe for the perfect cipher, it also questioned some common truths about the nature of free will and randomness. Despite being intensively researched the idea remains remarkably challenging and elusive - as does its inventor. This rare movie presents Artur Ekert in his ad hoc habitat, in Singapore. About the Series: Pioneers is one and only film project devoted to the most unorthodox contemporary thinkers who have had the courage to challenge current paradigms. The emotions of discovering and stress-testing new theories; the passion which prompts one to go against the expectations of others, against the "publish or die" model; the joys and sorrows of exploring frontiers of the known and the unknown - this is what Pioneers is about.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed August 18, 2017).

OCLC:

1003350042