Michael Nielsen wrote of the textbook, "Revelation! Suddenly, all the key results of 30 years of work (several of those results due to Asher) were distilled into beautiful and simple explanations." Peres downplayed the importance of the uncertainty principle, giving it only a single mention in his index, which points to that same page of the index. Views on the EPR paradox Peres claimed that the resolution to the Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen paradox of quantum entanglement, often called "spooky action at a distance", lies in the fact that quantum states are information. Peres wrote, "Information is not just an abstract notion. It requires a physical carrier, and the latter is (approximately) localized. After all, it was the business of the Bell Telephone Company to transport information from one telephone to another telephone, in a different location. [...] When Alice measures her spin, the information she gets is localized at her position, and will remain so until she decides to broadcast it. Absolutely nothing happens at Bob's location. [...] It is only when Alice informs Bob of the result she got (by mail, telephone, radio, or by means other than material carrier, which is naturally restricted to the speed of light) that Bob realizes that his particle has a definite pure state." References External links List of publications Foundations of Physics, 36 157-173 (2006). N. Lindner, P. Scudo and D. R. Terno: Asher Peres, 1934-2005 (obituary by his students). L. Peres Hari: Asher Peres, 1943-2005 (obituary by his daughter). 1934 births 2005 deaths Israeli physicists Jewish scientists Academic staff of Technion – Israel Institute of Technology Israeli Jews Jewish physicists Israeli people of Polish-Jewish descent