Quantum Computer Science An Introduction

Mermin, N. David

ISBN 10: 0521876583 / ISBN 13: 9780521876582

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Quantum Computer Science An Introduction
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521876583
• ISBN 13: 9780521876582
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New

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Synopsis

A concise introduction to quantum computation for computer scientists who know nothing about quantum theory.

About the Author

N. David Mermin is Horace White Professor of Physics Emeritus at Cornell University. He has received the Lilienfeld Prize of the American Physical Society and the Klopsteg Award of the American Association of Physics Teachers. He is a member of the U. S. National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Professor Mermin has written on quantum foundational issues for several decades, and is known for the clarity and wit of his scientific writings. Among his other books are Solid State Physics (with N. W. Ashcroft, Thomson Learning 1976), Boojums all the Way Through (Cambridge University Press 1990), and It's about Time: Understanding Einstein's Relativity (Princeton University Press 2005).