Quantum Computing Since Democritus

Quantum Computing Since Democritus is a 2013 book on quantum information science written by Scott Aaronson.[1] It is loosely based on a course Aaronson taught at the University of Waterloo, Canada, the lecture notes for which are available online.[2]

Quantum Computing Since Democritus
AuthorScott Aaronson
PublisherCambridge University Press
Publication date
2013
Media typeprint
Pages398
ISBN978-0521199568
Websitehttp://www.cambridge.org/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9781107302105

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 a member of 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]

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References
  1. "Quantum computing democritus | Quantum physics, quantum information and quantum computation". Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
  2. "PHYS771 Quantum Computing Since Democritus". www.scottaaronson.com. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
  3. "Scott Aaronson: Quantum Computing since Democritus". The Reference Frame. Retrieved 2017-09-10.
  4. 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.
  5. "NSF Honors Two Early Career Researchers With Alan T. Waterman Award | NSF - National Science Foundation". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2017-09-10.
  6. "Comment by Michael Nielsen on Shtetl-Optimized Quantum Computing Since Democritus: The Buzz Intensifies". www.scottaaronson.com. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
  7. "Quantum Computing since Democritus - Cambridge University Press". www.cambridge.org. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
  8. Wigderson, Avi (2014). "Quantum Computing Since Democritus Book Review" (PDF). Journal of the American Mathematical Society. 61 (10): 1218–1220. doi:10.1090/noti1176.
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