A shortcut through time [electronic resource] : the path to the quantum computer / George Johnson.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: New York : Vintage Books, 2004.Edition: 1st Vintage Books edDescription: xx, 204 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • QA76.889 .J647 2004eb
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Contents:
"Simple electric brain machines and how to make them" -- Tinkertoy logic -- Playing with mirrors -- A shortcut through time -- Shor's algorithm -- Breaking the code -- Invisible machines -- Counting with atoms -- Quantum secrecy -- The hardest problem in the universe -- Epilogue: The nine billion names of God.
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Originally published: New York : Knopf, 2003.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-191) and index.

"Simple electric brain machines and how to make them" -- Tinkertoy logic -- Playing with mirrors -- A shortcut through time -- Shor's algorithm -- Breaking the code -- Invisible machines -- Counting with atoms -- Quantum secrecy -- The hardest problem in the universe -- Epilogue: The nine billion names of God.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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