Asher Peres
Asher Peres · Science & Medicine
Physicist; pioneer of quantum information and teleportation
1934, Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne, France — 2005, Haifa, Israel
France · Israel
Asher Peres is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physicist; pioneer of quantum information and teleportation
Peres was a pioneer of quantum information theory who co-invented quantum teleportation and devised the Peres–Horodecki criterion for detecting quantum entanglement. Born to a French Jewish family, he immigrated to Israel and spent his career at the Technion, where he also made important contributions to general relativity. His textbook 'Quantum Theory: Concepts and Methods' is a standard reference in the field he helped create.
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Physicist; pioneer of quantum information and teleportation
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