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This is the kind of popular science book I would like to see more often. Most popularizations skim over the surface of their subjects without providing enough detail to understand what is really going on. In this book, the author has done a remarkable job in mixing amusing and fascinating anecdotes with philosophical and technical details. His discussion of the evolution of quantum theory is one the best I've read and cleverly...
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Some books are just out there like a beacon.And obviously Julian Browns Minds, Machines andthe Multiverse is such a book. If you wantan accessible guide to the rapidly evolving fieldof quantum computers, this is the book to buy. Brown bedazzle the reader with the number of ideashe comes up with on almost every page. All ideas somehowconnected under the headline Quantum Computers. Quantum computing seems to connect computing...
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The editors and other reviewers have done a good job on this book, and I will just make a few comments. I've been working on quantum computers and quantum cryptography, but I'm very oriented toward how non-experts will understand books and articles. I don't think that there is any clearer book on quantum computers than Julian Brown's, but I agree with some of the others that it will still be hard to come away with a feeling...
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A wonderful overview of the history and science of this extraordinary new discipline. Brown's documentary approach interlaces explanations of quantum computers with comments from the pioneers of this field including David Deutsch and Richard Feynman. It makes for riveting reading with many witty asides thrown into some far-sighted discussions of where the subject is leading. David Deutsch comes across as a true visionary...
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