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'''Quantum Computing Since Democritus''' is a [[2013 book]] written by [[Scott Aaronson]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/physics/quantum-physics-quantum-information-and-quantum-computation/quantum-computing-democritus#KC913ZrlGKlyMFTd.97|title=Quantum computing democritus {{!}} Quantum physics, quantum information and quantum computation|website=Cambridge University Press|language=en|access-date=2017-09-09}}</ref> It is loosely based on a course Aaronson taught at the [[University of Waterloo]], the lecture notes for which are available online.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scottaaronson.com/democritus/|title=PHYS771 Quantum Computing Since Democritus|website=www.scottaaronson.com|access-date=2017-09-09}}</ref>

== Contents ==

TheAaronson book,has accordingstated tothat thehe author,intends isthe meantbook to be ofat the same level as [[Leonard Susskind|Leonard Susskind]]'s]] "[[The Theoretical Minimum]]" or [[Roger Penrose|Roger Penrose]]'s]] "[[The Road to Reality]]"; - in between [[Popular science|pop science]] level reading and [[textbook]] level reading.<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> It[[Physics wasToday]] compared it to [[George Gamow|George Gamow's]] writing by [[Physics Today]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Sullivan|first=Francis|date=2014-02-28|title=Quantum Computing Since Democritus|url=http://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/full/10.1063/PT.3.2315|journal=Physics Today|volume=67|issue=3|pages=54–56|doi=10.1063/PT.3.2315|issn=0031-9228}}</ref> The book covers everything from [[computer science]] to [[mathematics]] to [[quantum mechanics]] and [[quantum computing]], starting, as the title indicates, with [[Democritus]].

== Author ==

Scott Aaronson is a [[Americans|Americanphysicist]] who studies [[physicistquantum computing]] at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]] in the field of quantum computing.<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}}</ref>

== Reception ==

[[Michael Nielsen]] called itthe book "a beautiful synthesis of what we know",<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=1277#comment-66937|title=Comment by Michael Nielsen on Shtetl-Optimized Quantum Computing Since Democritus: The Buzz Intensifies|last=|first=|date=|website=www.scottaaronson.com|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2017-09-09}}</ref> while [[Seth Lloyd]] praised it as "lucid", describing Aaronson as a "tornado of intellectual activity".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cambridge.org/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9781107302105|title=Quantum Computing since Democritus - Cambridge University Press|website=www.cambridge.org|language=en|access-date=2017-09-09}}</ref>

The [[Journal of the American Mathematical Society]] considered it to have "much insight, wisdom, and fun", but conceded that it "is not for everyone',<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Wigderson|first=Avi|date=|title=Quantum Computing Since Democritus Book Review|url=http://www.ams.org/notices/201410/rnoti-p1218.pdf|journal=Journal of the American Mathematical Society|volume=61, Number 10|pages=1218-1220|via=}}</ref> while [[Stephen Wolfram]] accused Aaronson of having "[[delusions of grandeur]]" for assuming that the book would be popular.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://qbnets.wordpress.com/2013/04/13/stephen-wolfram-reviews-quantum-computing-since-democritus/|title=Stephen Wolfram Reviews “Quantum Computing Since Democritus”|date=2013-04-13|website=Quantum Bayesian Networks|access-date=2017-09-09}}</ref> [[Luboš Motl|Luboṥ Motl]] praised Aaronson's writing as "very witty, narcisistically ([[sic]]) witty", but considered the book to be scientifically dubious.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://motls.blogspot.com/2013/04/scott-aaronson-prototype-of-some.html|title=Scott Aaronson: a prototype of some confusion of IT scientists about physics|website=The Reference Frame|access-date=2017-09-10}}</ref>

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