Picturing Quantum Processes: A First Course in Quantum Theory and Diagrammatic Reasoning - Hardcover

Coecke, Bob; Kissinger, Aleks

 
9781107104228: Picturing Quantum Processes: A First Course in Quantum Theory and Diagrammatic Reasoning
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 110710422X ISBN 13: 9781107104228
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2017

Synopsis

In this book, quantum phenomena are explained through the language of diagrams, setting out an innovative method of presenting complex scientific theories.

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About the Authors

Bob Coecke is Professor of Quantum Foundations, Logic and Structures at the University of Oxford, where he also heads the multi-disciplinary Quantum Group. His pioneering research stretches from categorical quantum mechanics to the compositional structure of natural language meaning, and recent interests include causality and cognitive architecture.

Aleks Kissinger is an Assistant Professor of Quantum Structures and Logic at Radboud University. His research focuses on diagrammatic language, rewrite theory, category theory, and applications to quantum computation and the foundations of physics.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2017
Language
English
ISBN 10 
110710422X
ISBN 13 
9781107104228
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
844