A passionate and personal account of the early days of quantum information and quantum computing, this unique book is a collection of more than 500 letters between the author and many of the founders of these intriguing fields. Christopher A. Fuchs is one of the most penetrating modern thinkers on the philosophical foundations of quantum mechanics. This remarkable book follows his journey as he comes to grips with the quantum world. It contains correspondence with Charles Bennett, Gilles Brassard, Rolf Landauer, N. David Mermin, Michael Nielsen, Asher Peres, John Preskill, Abner Shimony, William Wootters, Anton Zeilinger, and many others. Filled with diary entries, anecdotes, historical selections, and research ideas, this book will fascinate physicists, philosophers, and historians of science.
Coming of Age With Quantum Information Ebook
Notes on a Paulian Idea
By: Christopher A. Fuchs
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Print ISBN: 9780521199261, 0521199263
eText ISBN: 9780511904059, 0511904053
Edition: 1st
Format: PDF
Available from $ 48.00 USD
SKU: 9780511904059
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