Quantum Computing For Dummies

Part 1

The Power of Quantum Computing

IN THIS PART …

• Get a big-picture overview of quantum computing hardware and software and the current state of progress in the field.
• Learn about early computing and classical computing, the approach that describes the many types of computers, from PCs to smartphones to Roombas, that people use in daily life today.
• Investigate the roots of quantum computing, made up of discoveries in quantum mechanics which burst onto the scene in the early 1900s, led by figures such as Albert Einstein and Neils Bohr.
• Find out how quantum mechanics was first used to develop early quantum computing technologies such as X-ray machines, television, and laser beams.
• Come along as we follow quantum mechanics technology into the early days of quantum computing, including the first quantum computing algorithms and the first qubits.
• Observe the emergence of quantum computing in the last few years as research and development, interest, and venture capital investment all rise quickly.