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nobody | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I’ll look it up. 

Is that light reading like Hermione would class it, or like Ron? 🤣
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nobody | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Oh 233 pages isn’t awful sounding.
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jb55 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 its because we’ve only figured out how to build like 6 quantum algorithms 😆 the overview of each one is quite interesting though. Shors is most impressive.
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nobody | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Thanks for the book recommendation. It’s ordered. I enjoy my plebeian understanding of these things.
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jb55 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 Haha good luck, i liked it because its like quantum mechanics with all the physics stripped out. Quantum information distills the essence of what computation means in our universe.
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nobody | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 That sounds perfect for those of us who aren’t qualified but can’t help but peek behind the curtain. 

I started with stuff like that with a course called “Physics for Future Presidents” that was made free online by UC Berkeley. It was supposed to be “all the physics we wish a future president would understand.” 🤣 Great class. 

Book:
https://www.amazon.com/Physics-Future-Presidents-Science-Headlines/dp/0393337111

Class (audio as podcast linked free):
https://muller.lbl.gov/teaching/Physics10/PffP.html