Books by John Gribbin
“This is a riveting and mind-bending book that explains the various ways in which scientists have sought to make sense of the quantum world. John Gribbin is one of the UK’s foremost science writers. He effortlessly explains the quantum phenomena themselves, the history of their discovery and the challenges they pose. He does this with elegant simplicity whilst pointing out how deeply unsettling these results are for our common sense intuitions of how the world behaves around us. “ Read more...
The Royal Society Science Book Prize: the 2019 shortlist
Nigel Shadbolt, Technologist
“If you’re completely math-phobic and you want to read a quantum computing book, this is a very good one for the underlying history and an introduction to the founders of the subject.” Read more...
The Best Quantum Computing Books
Chris Bernhardt, Mathematician
Interviews where books by John Gribbin were recommended
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Computing with Quantum Cats: From Colossus to Qubits
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Quantum Computing From The Ground Up
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Quantum Computing for Computer Scientists
Noson Yanofsky and Mirco Mannucci -
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Quantum Computing since Democritus
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Quantum Computation and Quantum Information
Michael Nielsen and Isaac Chuang
The Best Quantum Computing Books, recommended by Chris Bernhardt
The Best Quantum Computing Books, recommended by Chris Bernhardt
Quantum computing: it sounds more complicated than quantum mechanics, but it isn’t. Mathematician Chris Bernhardt, author of Quantum Computing for Everyone, explains why you need to know about it and which books will help you understand what it’s all about.
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Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
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Six Impossible Things: The ‘Quanta of Solace’ and the Mysteries of the Subatomic World
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The Remarkable Life of the Skin
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Clearing the Air: The Beginning and End of Air Pollution
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The Second Kind of Impossible: The Extraordinary Quest for a New Form of Matter
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Infinite Powers: The Story of Calculus
by Steven Strogatz
The Royal Society Science Book Prize: the 2019 shortlist, recommended by Nigel Shadbolt
The Royal Society Science Book Prize: the 2019 shortlist, recommended by Nigel Shadbolt
“Science is a profoundly human endeavour. The stories of triumph and success in science, alongside the failures and despair, are compelling.” From a data-driven account of air pollution to a book that makes calculus fun, 2019 has been a great year for science books. Nigel Shadbolt, chair of judges, discusses the six books shortlisted for the 2019 Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize.
