Quantum Computing: How It Works and How It Could Change the World
- Length: 166 pages
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
- Publisher: Random House Business
- Publication Date: 2021-06-17
- ISBN-10: 1847943268
- ISBN-13: 9781847943262
- Sales Rank: #120124 (See Top 100 Books)
Quantum computing has been hailed as a technological game-changer. But what precisely is it and what is its true potential?
In this superbly insightful, one-stop guide WIRED journalist Amit Katwala tells you everything you need to know about the next computer revolution. He explains the highly complex science that lies behind it. He describes the competing efforts of the likes of Google, Microsoft and Chinese companies Tencent and Alibaba to create a viable quantum computer, and the different routes they have taken to meet the immense technical challenges involved. He considers the technology’s potential application in spheres as diverse as medicine, cyber security and clean energy. And he addresses the fundamental question: how close are we to seeing quantum computers become a widespread reality.
Cover Title Page About the Author Introduction 1 What is quantum computing? A (very) brief history of quantum mechanics From bits to qubits 2 Building the impossible Computing with lasers The cold path to supremacy Harry Potter and the missing Majorana 3 Exponential power The Q factor Margins of error Traffic unjammed 4 Cracking the code Quantum internet Quantum hegemony 5 Simulating nature From farming to pharma The key to the universe 6 The quantum future Hello, world Glossary Acknowledgements Bibliography Notes Index Copyright
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