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Aaronson has stated that he intends the book to be at the same level as [[Leonard Susskind]]'s ''[[The Theoretical Minimum]]'' or [[Roger Penrose]]'s ''[[The Road to Reality]]'';<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://motls.blogspot.com/2013/04/scott-aaronson-quantum-computing-since.html|title=Scott Aaronson: Quantum Computing since Democritus|website=The Reference Frame|access-date=2017-09-10}}</ref> ''[[Physics Today]]'' compared it to [[George Gamow]]'s ''[[One Two Three... Infinity]]''.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Sullivan|first=Francis|date=2014-02-28|title=Quantum Computing Since Democritus|journal=Physics Today|volume=67|issue=3|pages=54–56|doi=10.1063/PT.3.2315|issn=0031-9228|bibcode=2014PhT....67c..54S|doi-access=free}}</ref> The book covers everything from [[computer science]] to [[mathematics]] to [[quantum mechanics]] and [[quantum computing]], starting, as the title indicates, with [[Democritus]].

=== Front Covercover ===

The front cover image is an oil canvas painting of Democritus by [[Hendrick ter Brugghen|Hendrik ter Brugghen]] dated 1628.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Democritus, Hendrick ter Brugghen, 1628 |url=https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/SK-A-2783 |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=Rijksmuseum |language=en}}</ref> It depicts Democritus as a young, laughing hedonist who points in the distance, as to where the folly of mankind is found.