Computing with quantum cats : from Colossus to Qubits / by John Gribbin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gribbin, John, 1946- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quantum computers.

Physical Description:

vii, 295, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2014.

Summary:

A Mind-Blowing Glimpse into the Near Future, where Quantum Computing will have world-Transforming Effects. The quantum computer is no longer the stuff of science fiction. Pioneering physicists are on the brink of unlocking a new quantum universe that provides a better representation of reality than our everyday experiences and common sense ever could. The birth of quantum computers-which, like Schrödinger's famous "dead and alive" cat, rely on entities like electrons, photons, or atoms existing in two states at the same time-is set to turn the computing world on its head. In this book, Gribbin retraces the evolution of conventional computers, telling the stories of those who dared to challenge the accepted science and have proven that quantum computing is possible. Talking us beyond theoretical physics to explore practical applications, he shows us how the quantum computer will be an advance as far beyond the conventional computer as the conventional computer is beyond the abacus. Book jacket.

Contents:

Turing and the machine

Von Neumann and the machines

Feynman and the quantum

Bell and the tangled web

Deutsch and the multiverse

Turing's heirs and the quantum machines.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781616149215

1616149213

9781616149222

1616149221

OCLC:

854613886