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Schrodinger's Killer App
Race to Build the World's First Quantum Computer
About the Book
Written by a renowned quantum physicist closely involved in the U.S. government''s development of quantum information science, this book presents an inside look at the government''s quest to build a quantum computer capable of solving complex mathematical problems and hacking the public-key encryption codes used to secure the Internet.
The "Killer App"
The "killer app" refers to Shor''s quantum factoring algorithm, which would unveil the encrypted communications of the entire Internet if a quantum computer could be built to run the algorithm.
Quantum Entanglement and Schrödinger's Cat
Schrodinger''s notion of quantum entanglement—and his infamous cat—is at the heart of it all.
