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== Author ==
Scott Aaronson is a professor of [[theoretical computer science]] at the [[University of Texas at Austin]]. He was previously a member of the faculty at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=123406|title=NSF Honors Two Early Career Researchers With Alan T. Waterman Award {{!}} NSF - National Science Foundation|website=www.nsf.gov|language=en|access-date=2017-09-10|archive-date=2021-07-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210708084729/https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=123406|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Reception ==
In the ''[[Journal of the American Mathematical Society]],'' [[Avi Wigderson]] considered it to have "much insight, wisdom, and fun", but conceded that it "is not for everyone". Widgerson noted in particular that the book would have been easier to read if it had provided more background material, and that it had little in the way of references to prior literature.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Wigderson|first=Avi|title=Quantum Computing Since Democritus Book Review|url=https://www.ams.org/notices/201410/rnoti-p1218.pdf|journal=Journal of the American Mathematical Society|year=2014|volume=61| issue = 10|pages=1218–1220|doi=10.1090/noti1176|doi-access=free}}</ref> Reviewing the book for ''[[Physics Today]],'' Francis Sullivan deemed it "stimulating", while saying that it "covers too much territory to be used as a textbook" and taking exception with Aaronson's attitude "that mathematicians like complication because it makes things more interesting".<ref name=":0" /> Frederic Green's enthusiastic review for [[ACM SIGACT|''SIGACT News'']] also judged the book poorly suited for a classroom text, except possibly in "a seminar-style course with a fairly open structure".<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Green |first=Frederic |date=2013-12-10 |title=Review quantum computing since democritus by Scott Aaronson |url=https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2556663.2556673 |journal=ACM SIGACT News |language=en |volume=44 |issue=4 |pages=42–47 |doi=10.1145/2556663.2556673 |issn=0163-5700|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
[[Reviel Netz]] gave the book a positive review in ''Common Knowledge'', quipping that "I suspect that I was sent this book by mistake; despite its title, it has nothing to do with ancient science, my field."<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Netz |first=Reviel |date=2014 |title=Quantum Computing since Democritus by Scott Aaronson (review) |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/558134 |journal=Common Knowledge |volume=20 |issue=3 |pages=490–491 |issn=1538-4578}}</ref>
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