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Author
Language
English
Description
"An exhilarating tour of humanity's next great technological achievement-quantum computing-which may eventually unravel the deepest mysteries of science and solve some of humanity's biggest problems, like global warming, world hunger, and incurable disease, by the bestselling author of The God Equation. The runaway success of the microchip processor may be reaching its end. Running up against the physical constraints of smaller and smaller sizes,...
Series
Contemporary mathematics volume 305
Publisher
American Mathematical Society
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Series
TRN topic bundle volume Jan. to June 2003
Publisher
Technology Research News
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"Written by noted quantum computing theorist Scott Aaronson, this book takes readers on a tour through some of the deepest ideas of maths, computer science and physics. Full of insights, arguments and philosophical perspectives, the book covers an amazing array of topics. Beginning in antiquity with Democritus, it progresses through logic and set theory, computability and complexity theory, quantum computing, cryptography, the information content...
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Is the universe actually a giant quantum computer? According to Seth Lloyd--professor of quantum-mechanical engineering at MIT and originator of the first technologically feasible design for a working quantum computer--the answer is yes. This book illuminates the professional and personal paths that led him to this remarkable conclusion. All interactions between particles in the universe, Lloyd explains, convey not only energy but also information--in...
