Vlatko Vedral

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I’m Vlatko,

I am the Professor of Quantum Information Science at the University of Oxford.

I spend a lot of my time thinking about what quantum mechanics actually means, and how it affects everything and everyone around us.

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Pyramids, Consciousness and the Limits of Science

I’ve recently watched a great simulation of how the human hearing mechanism operates. The air vibrations generated by some disturbance eventually reach our eardrum. The ensuing vibrations of the drum perturb a small bone called the hammer which starts to move up and down.

Published: August 27, 2024

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Quantum computational advantage and counting particles and waves

Many people take the beginning of the field of quantum computation to be a paper by Feynman titled “There is plenty of room at the bottom” (1959, but unnoticed till the early 80s). The title suggests that physical systems can store way more information than the transistors used at the time of writing…

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Gnostic quantum computing

In the “Gospel according to Judas”, the writer (most likely not Judas Iscariot himself) tells a different story of Jesus (to the 4 Gospels in the Bible).

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(Scientific) Ghost Busters

A couple of days ago there was a YouTube feed for me recommending a clip in which Richard Dawkins was interviewed by Piers Morgan. Now, my readers will almost certainly know who Dawkins is, however, they may not be familiar with Morgan (best leave it at that 😊).

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On Screen

Insights from Quantum Mechanics: Fabric of Reality, Cosmos, Consciousness
Quantum AI Podcast with Hrvoje Kukina, University of Oxford
ManifoldOne Podcast with Steve Hsu

In Print

Matrix Mechanics of a Particle in a One-Dimensional Infinite Square Well

We solve the infinite potential well problem using the methods of Heisenberg’s matrix mechanics. In addition to being of educational…

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Locality in the Schroedinger Picture of Quantum Mechanics

We explain how the so-called Einstein locality is to be understood in the Schrödinger picture of quantum mechanics. This notion…

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Conservation Laws Reveal the Quantumness of Gravity

Adopting a general framework for quantum-classical dynamics, we analyze the interaction between quantum matter and a classical gravitational field. We…

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Modern Foundations Of Quantum Optics
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Introductory Quantum Physics And Relativity
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Solid State Quantum Information
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Introduction to Quantum Information Science
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Decoding Reality
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From Micro to Macro
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