安东尼·莱格特如何检验量子世界的边缘

Views Columnist How Anthony Leggett tested the edges of the quantum world Karmela Padavic-Callaghan remembers their personal connection with a giant of quantum physics IN MY first year of graduate school, I shared an office with a quiet, older graduate student. When we finally managed some chit-chat, I learned that he was “working on theory of glasses with Tony”. Two things became clear: cracking the physics of glasses was difficult, and I really ought to have known who Tony was. I met him soon enough. His full name was Anthony James Leggett: a Nobel laureate, a knight of the British Empire and winner of countless prizes. …