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Ask HN: Any good books for a layman on history of quantum computing?

26 points| bmau5 | 4 months ago

I recently read Genius Makers and very much enjoyed it, and was wondering if there were any similar books to help me better understand where we currently are regarding QC and how we got here

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he1senberg|4 months ago

A bit more technical but the absolute best book on quantum computing is "Quantum Computation and Quantum Information" by Nielsen and Chuang. It’s also a pretty good introduction on quantum mechanics in general.

bmau5|4 months ago

Thank you!

bjourne|4 months ago

These blog posts might interest you. Note the dates: https://scottlocklin.wordpress.com/2010/10/04/spotting-vapor... https://scottlocklin.wordpress.com/2019/01/15/quantum-comput...

bmau5|4 months ago

Thank you!

crescit_eundo|4 months ago

You might want to take a look at “Quantum Computing Since Democritus” by Scott Aaronson. I believe it’s based on the course he taught at the University of Waterloo.

adamhp|4 months ago

I'd also recommend studying quantum mechanics more generally, and a great intro there is Brian Cox's The Quantum Universe.