Buy this book on-line Brown, Julian : Minds, Machines and the Multiverse : The Quest for the Quantum ComputerSimon & Schuster, New York, 2000 ISBN 0684814811
FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition. A discussion of the evolution of the personal computer and computing methods, a new and faster type of computation being envisioned by the 'quantum computer' that would calculate problems exponentially, vastly faster than today's supercomputers, enabling the solution of immense new tasks and uses: codebreaking, nanotechnology, teleportation, time travel, biotechnology and super-evolution, and tackling many other hitherto unthinkably difficult ideas and concepts. Hardcover with dust jacket, illustrations, notes, appendices, bibliography, indexed, 396pp. A very nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free archival plastic protector. Rare. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Fine Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Brown, Julian : Minds, Machines and the Multiverse : The Quest for the Quantum Computer. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including libri antichi, antiquarian books, used books, atlases and livres d'occasion. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |