Quantum Supremacy: How the Quantum Computer Revolution Will Change Everything
Language: English
Published by Doubleday, 2013
- First Edition
- Hardcover
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Condition: Used - Fine
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No creases, writing or underlining. The jacket has minor shelf-wear but looks very good. I doubt the book has been read more than once, if at all. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Title
- Quantum Supremacy: How the Quantum Computer Revolution Will Change Everything
- Author
- Kaku, Michio
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Publication year
- 2013
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0385548362
- ISBN 13
- 9780385548366
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Seller catalogs
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"[Kaku's] lucid prose and thought process make abundant sense of this technological turning point." --The New York Times Book Review
The runaway success of the microchip may finally be reaching its end. As shrinking transistors approach the size of atoms, the phenomenal growth of computational power inevitably collapses. But this change heralds the birth of a revolutionary new type of computer, one that calculates on atoms themselves.
Quantum computers promise unprecedented gains in computing power, enabling advancements that could overturn every aspect of our daily lives. While the media has mainly focused on their startling potential to crack any known encryption method, the race is already on to exploit their incredible power to revolutionize industry. Automotive makers, medical researchers, and consulting firms are all betting on quantum computing to design more efficient vehicles, create life-saving new drugs, and streamline businesses. But this is only the beginning. Quantum computing could be used to decode the complex chemical processes needed to produce cheap fertilizers and unleash a second Green Revolution; create a super battery that will enable the Solar Age; or design nuclear fusion reactors to generate clean, safe, renewable energy. It may even unravel the fiendishly difficult protein folding that lies at the heart of as-yet-incurable diseases like Alzheimer's, ALS, and Parkinson's. Already, quantum computers are being put to work to help solve the greatest mystery in science--the origin of the universe.
There is no single problem humanity faces that might not be addressed by quantum computers. With his signature clarity and enthusiasm, Dr. Michio Kaku, who has spent his entire professional life working on the quantum theory, tells the thrilling story of this exciting scientific frontier and the race to claim humanity's future.
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