A Shortcut Through Time : The Path to A Quantum Computer Paperback / softback
by George Johnson
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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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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:224 pages
- Publisher:Vintage Publishing
- Publication Date:03/06/2004
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- ISBN:9780099452171
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:224 pages
- Publisher:Vintage Publishing
- Publication Date:03/06/2004
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- ISBN:9780099452171