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Computing with quantum cats : from Colossus to Qubits / John Gribbin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gribbin, John, 1946- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Quantum computers.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vii, 295 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
- Other Title:
- From Colossus to Qubits
- Place of Publication:
- Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2014.
- Contents:
- Computing with quantum cats
- Computing. Turing and the machine ; Von Neumann and the machines ; First interlude : classical limits
- Quanta. Feynman and the quantum ; Bell and the tangled web ; Second interlude : quantum limits
- Computing with quanta. Deutsch and the multiverse ; Turing's heirs and the quantum machines
- A quantum of discord.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-282) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781616149215
- 1616149213
- 9781616149222
- 1616149221
- Publisher Number:
- 99992657599
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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