The newest Pentium chip powering PCs and laptops contains 40 million electronic switches packed onto a piece of silicon about the size of a thumbnail. Several years from now, if this incredible shrinking continues, a single chip will hold a billion switches, then a trillion. The logical culmination is a computer in which the switches are so tiny that each consists of an individual atom. At that point something miraculous happens: quantum mechanics kick in.
Anyone who follows the science news or watches 'Star Trek' has at least a notion of what that means: particles can be in two or more places at once. Atoms obey a peculiar logic of their own - and if it can be harnessed society will be transformed. Problems that would now take forever would be solved almost instantly. Quantum computing promises nothing less than a shortcut through time.
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George Johnson is a science writer for the New York Times. He is a former Alicia Patterson Fellow, a finalist for the prestigious Aventis Prize, and a recipient of the Science Journalism Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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Zustand: Muy bueno. : En 'A Shortcut Through Time', George Johnson explora el fascinante mundo de la computación cuántica, explicando cómo los ordenadores del futuro podrían aprovechar la mecánica cuántica para resolver problemas que actualmente son imposibles. El autor nos guía a través de la historia y los conceptos clave de esta revolucionaria tecnología, desde los fundamentos de la física cuántica hasta las posibles aplicaciones en campos como la criptografía y la inteligencia artificial. Con un estilo accesible y divulgativo, Johnson nos invita a reflexionar sobre el potencial transformador de la computación cuántica y su impacto en nuestra sociedad. EAN: 9780099452171 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Ciencia Ficción|Tecnología Título: A Shortcut Through Time Autor: George Johnson Editorial: Vintage Idioma: en Páginas: 204 Formato: tapa blanda. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers Happ-2025-06-05-1ef72241
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. A Shortcut Through Time | George Johnson | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2004 | Vintage | EAN 9780099452171 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 134473395
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