Ken Wharton

Professor, Physics, San José State University

Ken Wharton is a professor of physics at San José State University. His research is in the field of quantum foundations. Some of his other popular-level writing has appeared in New Scientist, Nautilus, and the FQXi.org essay contest (most notably, “The Universe is Not a Computer”).

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Written by Ken Wharton

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Quantum theory

Untangling entanglement

Why does the quantum world behave in that strange, spooky way? Here’s our simple, four-step explanation (no magic needed)

Huw Price & Ken Wharton

Illustration of Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein and John Stewart Bell linked to a quantum mechanics diagram.

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Physics

Taming the quantum spooks

Reconciling Einstein with quantum mechanics may require abandoning the notion that cause always precedes effect

Huw Price & Ken Wharton