Quantum Computing Since Democritus
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| Author | Scott Aaronson |
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| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Publication date | 2013 |
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| Pages | 398 |
| ISBN | 978-0521199568 |
| Website | http://www.cambridge.org/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9781107302105 |
Quantum Computing Since Democritus is a 2013 book written by Scott Aaronson.[1] It is loosely based on a course Aaronson taught at the University of Waterloo, the lecture notes for which are available online.[2]
Contents
Aaronson has stated that he intends the book to be at the same level as Leonard Susskind's "The Theoretical Minimum" or Roger Penrose's "The Road to Reality"; [3] Physics Today compared it to George Gamow's "One Two Three... Infinity".[4] The book covers everything from computer science to mathematics to quantum mechanics and quantum computing, starting, as the title indicates, with Democritus.
Author
Scott Aaronson is a professor of theoretical computer science at the University of Texas at Austin. He was previously faculty at MIT.[5]
Reception
Michael Nielsen called the book "a beautiful synthesis of what we know",[6] while Seth Lloyd praised it as "lucid", describing Aaronson as a "tornado of intellectual activity".[7]
The Journal of the American Mathematical Society considered it to have "much insight, wisdom, and fun", but conceded that it "is not for everyone',[8] while Luboš Motl praised Aaronson's writing as "very witty, narcisistically (sic) witty", but considered the book to be scientifically dubious.[9]
References
- ^ "Quantum computing democritus | Quantum physics, quantum information and quantum computation". Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
- ^ "PHYS771 Quantum Computing Since Democritus". www.scottaaronson.com. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
- ^ "Scott Aaronson: Quantum Computing since Democritus". The Reference Frame. Retrieved 2017-09-10.
- ^ Sullivan, Francis (2014-02-28). "Quantum Computing Since Democritus". Physics Today. 67 (3): 54–56. Bibcode:2014PhT....67c..54S. doi:10.1063/PT.3.2315. ISSN 0031-9228.
- ^ "NSF Honors Two Early Career Researchers With Alan T. Waterman Award | NSF - National Science Foundation". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2017-09-10.
- ^ "Comment by Michael Nielsen on Shtetl-Optimized Quantum Computing Since Democritus: The Buzz Intensifies". www.scottaaronson.com. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ "Quantum Computing since Democritus - Cambridge University Press". www.cambridge.org. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
- ^ Wigderson, Avi. "Quantum Computing Since Democritus Book Review" (PDF). Journal of the American Mathematical Society. 61, Number 10: 1218–1220.
- ^ "Scott Aaronson: a prototype of some confusion of IT scientists about physics". The Reference Frame. Retrieved 2017-09-10.