Schroedinger's mousetrap

摘要

Rufus Jaeger looked out from the platform at a sea of faces. Every seat was full, and dozens of people were sitting on stairs and lining the walls. It made for an electrifying atmosphere, which was just how he liked it. The audience would remember this lecture for a long time. Jaeger was head of the Quantum Optics Group at the University of Wentbridge, and he had been selected for a unique honour: to give a plenary lecture inaugurating the World Year of Physics. He was determined to give his audience an experience that would establish him as the leading authority in quantum physics. So this would not be any ordinary lecture. Jaeger was going to carry out his latest, revolutionary, experiment — the one he called Schrodinger's mousetrap —live on stage.