| View Larger Image | Quantum Computing and Communications | Paperbackby Michael Brooks (Editor)
| List Price: | $69.95 | |
| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | Springer | | Edition: | 1st Edition | | Page Count: | 152 Pages | | Publication Date: | June 24, 1999 | | Sales Rank: | 2,425,499nd |
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Product Description
This handbook provides the first comprehensive overview of the field of Quantum Computing and Communications (QCC). It looks at the background to an emerging technology which promises to revolutionise information processing and, as a result, many areas of computing and communications. It gives an easy-to-follow introduction to the main areas of interest, including: - Fundamentals of Quantum Information; - Experimental Realizations; - Applications; - Quantum Cryptography; - Categories and Definitions. This is not just a reference for those working in the field; written in an accessible style by Michael Brooks - an experienced journalist for New Scientist magazine and the Guardian newspaper - it aims to communicate with anyone working in computer science, physics, chemistry, mathematics and engineering who wants to know what QCC technology will mean to them. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 3 reviews)
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Pity about the typesetting by A. Shiekh (Tsaile, AZ United States)  3 Stars
September 18, 2002
A good book, but not professionally typeset,which is a pity given that TeX has been aroundfor so long. Good content, but not as perceptive as someother books.
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The best place to start... by Prof. Peter Gibbins  4 Stars
November 23, 1999
Michael Brooks's book is easily the best place to start if, like me, you want to more about quantum computing. There are good, basic introductions to mos aspects of the subject: the physics and the computer science. There are lectures by enthusiasts, and one by the sceptic, Rolf Landauer. In all, a very good thing for Michael Brooks to have done.
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One of the best. A real intellectual treat. by tmetzler@uswest.net (Phoenix, AZ)  5 Stars
July 17, 1999
Michael Brooks does an excellent job of editing a summarization of quantum computing. It is by far the best book on none traditional computing I've read, and I've bought & read them all. The book is obviously intended for the public, it dispenses with deep mathematical formulae. Yet, it contains ample scientific information for the traditional computer scientist like myself.If you enjoyed K. C. Cole's "The Universe and the Teacup" and/or "First You Build a Cloud", you will also enjoy "Quantum Computing and Communications".He has distilled a vast amount of highly technical knowledge into an easily readable compilation; I enthusiastically read it during two flights and one airport delay. He presents the positive side but also gives due space to the pessimists of quantum computing. His inclusion of the economic perspective of quantum computing by R. Stanley Williams, Director of Basic Research for Hewlett Packard Laboratories, was a stroke of genius. When reading science literature I normally skip the economic "trivia" in favor of the more interesting "core". But this time I was so engrossed in what had already been read that I just kept right on reading and learned more than anticipated.
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