Quantum Computing since Democritus

The theoretical underpinnings of quantum computing are vitally important for even an introductory level understanding of the topic. Aaronson has an intuitive writing style, and introduces all the relevant background topics to the depth they are required to study this topic. Skipping classical physics and going straight to quantum was easier than expected. This book lays the ground work to understand practical applications in the field, while keeping it's focus on the operative question: What could we actually do with a quantum computer, why should we think it is possible, and how do we know they'll be fundamentally different from classical computers?

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Interesante si te quieres formar una idea ( pocas explicaciones y muy denso) de los problemas de lo que el autor llama teoría de la complejidad ( o sea: ...de computación ).Si lo que buscas es adquirir conocimientos para introducirte en la computación cuántica, mejor otros libros cómo : "Quantum computation and quantum information", que se puede considerar la biblia de la computación cuántica, o bien : "Quantum computing explained", que es un poco más asequible. Por sólo citar a dos de los más conocidos hasta la fecha.

I know, a lot of us wring our hands at spending 30 plus bucks US on a popularization of science book, 400 pages or not. So, the decision often comes down to Kindle-- significant savings BUT, are the diagrams and LaTex slaughtered so bad you can't read it?Not in this case! First, the author doesn't HAVE that many formulas and diagrams, and equations are generally limited to P=NP (or not) type formats, which are given in the text and bold, so you don't end up with busted page breaks in the middle of illustrations or formulae.Formula display is not a problem unique to Kindle-- most ereaders and tablets have an issue with them. The topics in this book are more conceptual, historic and descriptive (frankly, almost philosophical), so the eread format is just fine. If you like to make notes in "heavy" reading books like this, you'll obviously need a pencil and paper nearby, but need to judge whether getting it quickly and for 12 bucks less is worth that.The links / added resources are up to date, live and not broken, another advantage of the Kindle format. If you read and enjoyed The Golden Ticket (The Golden Ticket: P, NP, and the Search for the Impossible), you'll also like this book-- very intellectually stimulating, and brings us up to date on a lot of recent thinking in the intersection between computing and physics. Highly recommended.Kindle Tip: This is one of those titles that has a very GENEROUS (thank you publisher/author!) "look inside" feature on Amazon-- be sure to check it out! You'll see that even "proof" type formulas are given as bullets, so read fine on kindle. Best, the preview itself IS in kindle format, so you get the double advantage of WYSIWYG if you subsequently order via Kindle/ cloud/ tablet, etc.