| Ultimate Zero and One: Computing at the Edge of Nature 2000 Edition Contributor(s): Williams, Colin P. (Author), Clearwater, Scott H. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0387947698 ISBN-13: 9780387947693 Publisher: Copernicus Books OUR PRICE: $34.19 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 1999 Annotation: Quantum computing is a new field that combines ideas from quantum physics and computer science to devise a remarkable new kind of computer. The authors, researchers working on the scientific frontier of quantum computing, explain the remarkable properties of the quantum world that are at the heart of computing. They contrast the advantages and tradeoffs of classical computing with quantum computing, and point to remarkable new directions in computing. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Computers | Computer Science - Computers | Software Development & Engineering - General - Computers | Programming - General |
| Dewey: 004.1 |
| LCCN: 98-42595 |
| Physical Information: 0.97" H x 6.47" W x 9.57" (1.28 lbs) 270 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: As miniaturization deepens, and nanotechnology and its machines become more prevalent in the real world, the need to consider using quantum mechanical concepts to perform various tasks in computation increases. Such talks include: the teleporting of information, breaking heretofore "unbreakable" codes, communicating with messages that betray eavesdropping, and the generation of random munbers. To date, there has been no book written which applies quantum physics to the basic operations of a computer. This one does, thus presenting us with the ideal vehicle for explaining the complexities of quantum mechanics to students, researchers and computer engineers, alike, as they prepare to design and create the computing and information delivery systems for the future. Both authors have solid backgrounds in the subject matter at the theoretical and research level, as well as experience on a more practical plane. While also intended for use as a text for senior/grad level students in computer science/physics/engineering, this book has its primary use as an up-to-date reference work in the emerging interdisciplinary field of quantum computing. It does require knowledge of calculus and familiarity with the concept of the Turing machine. |