Quantum Computing Since Democritus

Quantum Computing Since Democritus
Author Scott Aaronson
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Publication date
 2013
Media type print
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

  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. "Quantum Computing Since Democritus Book Review" (PDF). Journal of the American Mathematical Society. 61, Number 10: 1218–1220.
  9. ↑ "Scott Aaronson: a prototype of some confusion of IT scientists about physics". The Reference Frame. Retrieved 2017-09-10.
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