Quantum Computing for the Quantum Curious is an open-access book by Ciaran Hughes, Joshua Isaacson, Anastasia Perry, Ranbel F. Sun, and Jessica Turner, published by Springer in 2021. Written for high-school students and anyone curious about quantum physics, it introduces superposition, qubits, beam splitters, Stern–Gerlach experiments, quantum cryptography, quantum gates, entanglement, quantum teleportation, and quantum algorithms — with interactive worksheets.
This is a faithful MyST Markdown conversion of the printed book: all equations are live LaTeX, all figures are the original book artwork, and the chapter-ending worksheets are included.
Contents¶
- Quantum Computing for the Quantum Curious
- 1. Introduction to Superposition
- 2. What Is a Qubit?
- 3. Creating Superposition: The Beam Splitter
- 4. Creating Superposition: Stern–Gerlach
- 5. Quantum Cryptography
- 6. Quantum Gates
- 7. Entanglement
- 8. Quantum Teleportation
- 9. Quantum Algorithms
- 10. Worksheets
Attribution¶
© The Author(s) 2021. This book is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY-4.0).
Source: Springer — Quantum Computing for the Quantum Curious (DOI 10.1007/978-3-030-61601-4).
- Hughes, C., Isaacson, J., Perry, A., Sun, R. F., & Turner, J. (2021). Quantum Computing for the Quantum Curious. Springer International Publishing. 10.1007/978-3-030-61601-4