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Terry Rudolph

Q is for Quantum Kindle Edition

by Terry Rudolph (Author)

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COMPUTING. ENTANGLEMENT. REALITY. Books containing these three words are typically fluff or incomprehensible; this one is not. "Q is for Quantum" teaches a theory at the forefront of modern physics to an audience presumed to already know only basic arithmetic. Topics covered range from the practical (new technologies we can expect soon) to the foundational (old ideas that attempt to make sense of the theory). The theory is built up precisely and quantitatively. Deceptively vague jargon and analogies are avoided, and mysterious features of the theory are made explicit and not skirted. The tenacious reader will emerge with a better technical understanding of why we are troubled by this theory than that possessed by many professional physicists.

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File Size: 10131 KB
Print Length: 166 pages
Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0999063502
Publication Date: July 30, 2017
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Language: English
ASIN: B074DYJTKN
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Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #276,233 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
- #310 in Science & Technology Teaching Materials
- #381 in Quantum Theory (Books)
- #113 in Quantum Theory (Kindle Store)

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m raymer

Brain-challenging and enjoyable

September 24, 2017

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This is an excellent book written by a top-flight physicist with a flair for making evocative and playful descriptions. It begins at a level suitable for nine-year olds (the author’s son, he says) and progresses to a level suitable for professional scientists and philosophers. Rudolf explains the essence of quantum theory and its “weirdness” without using any standard physics jargon by inventing his own self-contained “laboratory” consisting of devices (which he calls boxes) that take in colored balls and put out changed-color balls. He uses these as an analogy for physical processes that occur both in nature and in quantum “machines,” which physicists are now trying to use to create a new generation of computers.

This book is one of the very best among the dozens that attempt to explain quantum theory to lay persons. It is very different from Brian Greene’s writings on the subject, but to me just as engaging. It takes a far narrower path through the subject than Green does, having the goal of actually having the reader understand something, not just read about it. Rudolf’s book presents a diagrammatic way for a dogged reader to construct theoretical understanding. A less dogged reader can skip over the brain-challenging theory bits and still get an excellent feel for how the theory is supposed to work. Highly recommended for anyone who wants to ponder the counterintuitive world of quantum physics and how quantum laws are changing possibilities in technology.

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Paul TAPPENDEN

Q is for questioning

September 6, 2017

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I've spent more than thirty years thinking and writing about what's puzzling in quantum mechanics and Terry Rudolph's book has been a pleasure to read. Nobody could resist the magic of his PETE box and using quantum computing as an intro to the mysteries of QM which is accessible to a bright teenager is a great idea. What's questionable is what could be read as a summary dismissal of the Everett interpretation at the bottom of page 112; to be treated with caution.

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Ronen R

A great and fun way for anyone to understand the weirdness and usefulness of quantum mechanics - but not vaguely, accurately!

February 4, 2018

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There are so many popular books trying to tell you what quantum mechanics is. If you are not a physicist (and sometimes even if you are), you end up with a vague grasp of weird things, you know how to pronounce many buzz words, you start believing physicists must be very smart and that you can never be one, and that's where it usually ends. Terry Rudolph wrote a very different book. In a very entertaining way , he actually solves quantum mechanical problems accurately, almost as physicists do when they write fancy scientific papers, but he does that in a way anyone with a bit of curiosity and who can add and subtract simple integers can easily follow! sounds impossible? go ahead and check for yourself, maybe those physicists are not so smart as they pretend to be!
Not only you will clearly understand why physicists scratch their heads violently trying to figure out the quantum world for so many year now, you will also learn something very recent on a very hot research topic: you will learn how even without understanding why quantum nature is doing what she does, physicists believe we can use it to build computers that we hope soon can do things we just can't imagine doing with even our best supercomputers.
Now honestly, I am a professional physicist, quantum mechanics is what I do for living (or at least I pretend to), yet not only I laughed a lot reading in this book on things I kinda know, I also found out I learnt a surprisingly large number things I didn't know, or perhaps I should say I learnt things I thought I knew...
So, if you are a boy of 15, as Terry Rudolph tells us he was when he started wandering about all this Q-stuff, or a professional Q-guy, I strongly recommend you give it a shot. If you end up still not knowing what quantum mechanics is, well...at least you'd smile a lot along the way!

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One voracious reader

Had a great time reading parts I and II, then got lost

May 27, 2019

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The first two parts of the book are fun. They explain entanglement and the role of the observer via Pete boxes and Bella mists. Drawing out the examples helped me "get it" as I'm someone who learns by doing. Then we got to part III, and rocky states, and basically it felt like that's what state my brain was in. I think the first 2 sections are suitable for anyone who wants to understand how the observer interacts with entangled particles, but (imho) for part 3, you need to have at least some exposure to advanced concepts in QM already. I'd still recommend giving this book a try. It is engagingly written. Plus, where else will you find an imaginary conversation between Pooh Bear and Einstein about lunchboxes with sweet and healthy options?

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Luca turin

What a wonderful book!

August 12, 2017

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This book would be worth buying even if it only contained the brilliant description of the PETE box, which provided me with one of the most memorable Aha! moments ever. And every other chapter is just as good and in a different style. Outstanding. Should be taught to children so thy don't have to wait as long as I did.

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Karen Feng

A Rare Achievement

July 17, 2018

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As the introductory notes and tone of the text indicate, Dr. Rudolph has both great interest and respect for his readers (students). His interest is evident through his well thought out methods to make a difficult topic accessible to the layperson. His respect for his readers is evident in confronting his readers head on with some of the most challenging complexities of the topic. That is, Dr. Rudolph does not make the topic accessible by either avoiding details, or over-reliance on analogies, but rather by presenting the materials directly, in the clearest ways - a rare achievement.

For anyone seriously interested in Quantum Physics, this book has the potential to become a classic text.

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Christopher Lalau Keraly

The style is fun (the author has a thing for monkeys)

October 29, 2017

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Q for quantum is a page turner! The style is fun (the author has a thing for monkeys), but most importantly complicated concepts are distilled to their essence, and clearly explained with thought experiments that make them easily understandable without having to dive into equations. Even doing so it remains rigorous (no handwaving explanations or invocations of superior concepts). For me this was by far the clearest explanation I ever got of some of puzzling aspects of quantum physics, and reading it was extremely enjoyable. I very highly recommend it.

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