BookRags.com Literature Guides Literature
Guides
Criticism & Essays Criticism &
Essays
Questions & Answers Questions &
Answers
Lesson Plans Lesson
Plans
My Bibliography Periodic Table U.S. Presidents Shakespeare Sonnet Shake-Up
Research Anything:        
History | Encyclopedias | Films | News | Create a Bibliography | More... Login | Register | Help


Search "Quantum leap for number-crunchers. (quantum computers)"

Navigation

Quantum leap for number-crunchers. (quantum computers)

About 6 pages (1,904 words)

Chemistry and Industry, January 19th, 1998

The computers of the future could be based on organic chemicals and an NMR machine.

The quantum world is a strange territory where matter has no regard for the real place we live in. A particle will exist in many places at the same time and behave differently in each. Immediately we try to find out where it is all these alternatives collapse into one. This 'other world' is the playground of theoretical physicists and mathematicians. But one practical application - quantum computing - is becoming reality. If it works it will make today's supercomputers look as primitive as counting on a chil...

HighBeam Research, Free Preview: 'Quantum leap for number-crunchers. (quantum computers)'... Full Membership required for unlimited access. Free 7-day trial.

Subscribers: HighBeam content is only available to HighBeam subscribers. Click the link above for more information.

Content Partner
Baker, Howard. Chemistry and Industry, January 19th, 1998. Quantum leap for number-crunchers. (quantum computers). Content provided by HighBeam Research.



Join BookRagslearn moreJoin BookRags


About BookRags | Customer Service | Report an Error | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy