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Quantum Computing

Computing using quantum mechanical phenomena.

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Episodes2
  1. EP 54

    How Quantum Computing Actually Works (Part 1)

    Part I of our quantum computing deep dive traces the field from Bell and Feynman to Deutsch and Shor—and explains what quantum computers actually do differently from classical machines.

    How Quantum Computing Actually Works (Part 1)
  2. EP 17

    Hypersonic Physics, Deep Sea Life & Princeton's Millisecond Qubits

    Hypersonics, alien-life analogs, and a millisecond qubit.

    Hypersonic Physics, Deep Sea Life & Princeton's Millisecond Qubits
Chapters from these episodes25
  1. EP 54 · 4:31Why quantum computing needs a two-part series
  2. EP 54 · 8:42The biggest misconception about quantum computers
  3. EP 54 · 10:46Bell’s theorem and local realism
  4. EP 54 · 19:36Experimental tests of Bell’s inequality
  5. EP 54 · 25:57Landauer: information is physical
  6. EP 54 · 28:27Why quantum logic must be reversible
  7. EP 54 · 32:05Bennett, Toffoli and reversible computation
  8. EP 54 · 34:46Quantum money and the birth of quantum information
  9. EP 54 · 40:19Why simulate physics with a quantum computer?
  10. EP 54 · 43:41Why classical simulation explodes
  11. EP 54 · 48:24The idea of a quantum bit
  12. EP 54 · 1:06:24David Deutsch and universal quantum computing
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  1. EP 54 · 1:12:17Google Willow and the multiverse claim
  2. EP 54 · 1:14:19Deutsch–Jozsa: the first quantum algorithm
  3. EP 54 · 1:20:04Classical vs. quantum solution
  4. EP 54 · 1:22:29Superposition enters the computation
  5. EP 54 · 1:26:15The double-slit experiment as a computer
  6. EP 54 · 1:29:25Feynman’s path-integral intuition
  7. EP 54 · 1:36:15How interference performs a computation
  8. EP 54 · 1:46:58Simon’s algorithm
  9. EP 54 · 1:49:51Peter Shor changes everything
  10. EP 54 · 1:53:14Factoring and cryptography
  11. EP 54 · 1:55:41Quantum computing becomes a national-security problem
  12. EP 54 · 1:58:37Post-quantum cryptography
  13. EP 54 · 2:02:24What quantum computers may actually be good for