In case the brief quantum computing primers I posted on BachSeat didn’t make it crystal clear, help is here. The National Science Foundation‘s EPiQC (Enabling Practical-scale Quantum Computing) program, out of the University of Chicago, has published some graphic novels (aka comic books) that explaining quantum computing.
HPC Wire reports that 8 quantum computing comics have been published which offer some clarity and a little levity on the math-heavy topic. You decide how successful the comic books are. Links to all eight comics are below.
- History of Quantum Computing
- Quantum Computing
- Quantum and Measurement
- Superposition
- Entanglement
- Quantum and Reversibility
- Measurement vs Operations
- Quantum Notation
University of Chicago’s Diana Franklin wrote that the reason behind the comics is that quantum computing is hard to understand in large part because it relies on quantum mechanics whose behavior defies the common sense that we humans have developed from our direct experiences.
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