Computing with Quantum Cats: From Colossus to Qubits

By John Gribbin

Book Overview

Looking back to Alan Turing's work on the Enigma machine and the first electronic computer, and featuring a new introduction on the recent evolution of quantum computing, author John Gribbin explains how quantum theory developed to make quantum computers work in practice as well as in principle, taking us beyond the arena of theoretical physics to explore the potential for this extraordinary science.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1616149213
• ISBN13: 9781616149215
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Prometheus Books
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.2"