What We Are Reading Today: ‘The Joy of Quantum Computing’

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Updated 24 September 2024

What We Are Reading Today: ‘The Joy of Quantum Computing’

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  • The only prerequisite is precalculus; readers need no knowledge of quantum physics

Author: JED BRODY

“The Joy of Quantum Computing” introduces quantum computing succinctly, and with minimal mathematical formalism.

Engagingly written — a feast for the reader’s inner nerd — it presents the most famous algorithms and applications of quantum computing and quantum information science, including the “killer apps,” Grover’s search algorithm and Shor’s factoring algorithm.

The only prerequisite is precalculus; readers need no knowledge of quantum physics.