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Product Details
Simon & Schuster, August 2001
Trade Paperback, 400 pages
ISBN-10: 0684870045
ISBN-13: 9780684870045
Description
Taking readers to the cutting edge of physics, mathematics, and computer science, Julian Brown tells the dramatic story of the groundbreaking efforts to create a fundamentally new kind of computer that would be astronomically more powerful than today's machines. In 1998, a team of researchers announced they had produced the world's first quantum computer in a cup of chloroform. In fascinating, fully accessible detail, Brown explains the ideas that led up to this accomplishment and explores the mind-stretching implications of this leap into the bizarre world of quantum physics. The Quest for the Quantum Computer is a riveting look at what promises to be one of the most important scientific and technological ideas of the twenty-first century.
Ed Hinds
New Scientist
A fascinating and entertaining read from start to finish.
Paul Davies
author of The Fifth Miracle
A masterful piece of scientific exposition.
Lynn Yarris
San Jose Mercury News
Exciting and educational...a road map for the future.
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