Quantum Computer Science: An Introduction

N. David Mermin

ISBN 10: 0521876583 / ISBN 13: 9780521876582

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2007

Beschreibung

2007. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A concise introduction to quantum computation for computer scientists who know nothing about quantum theory. Num Pages: 233 pages, 67 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PHQ; UYA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 255 x 195 x 17. Weight in Grams: 660. An Introduction. 236 pages, 67 b/w illus. A concise introduction to quantum computation for computer scientists who know nothing about quantum theory. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: PHQ; UYA. Dimension: 255 x 195 x 17. Weight: 672. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers V9780521876582

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Quantum Computer Science: An Introduction
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Veröffentlichungsdatum: 2007
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0521876583
• ISBN-13: 9780521876582
• Bindung: Hardcover
• Zustand: New

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Inhaltsangabe

Quantum physics has some spectacular applications in computer science, and this book is a concise introduction to quantum computation. It develops the basic elements of computational theory without assuming any background in physics, and so is ideal for computer scientists who know nothing about quantum theory.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

N. David Mermin is Horace White Professor of Physics Emeritus at Cornell University. He has received the Lilienfeld Prize of the American Physical Society and the Klopsteg Award of the American Association of Physics Teachers. He is a member of the U. S. National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Professor Mermin has written on quantum foundational issues for several decades, and is known for the clarity and wit of his scientific writings. Among his other books are Solid State Physics (with N. W. Ashcroft, Thomson Learning 1976), Boojums all the Way Through (Cambridge University Press 1990), and It's about Time: Understanding Einstein's Relativity (Princeton University Press 2005).