Coming of Age With Quantum Information
Notes on a Paulian Idea

A passionate account of the early days of quantum information and computing from one of the most penetrating modern thinkers.

Christopher A. Fuchs (Author)

9780521199261, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 6 January 2011

600 pages
25.4 x 17.8 x 3.3 cm, 1.3 kg

'… this book is indeed a gem. It is certainly recommended reading for anyone in the field of quantum information: as Mermin puts it in the foreword, 'Chris Fuchs is the conscience of the field'.' Eric Cavalcanti, Quantum Information Processing

A passionate and personal account of the early days of quantum information and quantum computing, this unique book is a collection of more than 500 letters between the author and many of the founders of these intriguing fields. Christopher A. Fuchs is one of the most penetrating modern thinkers on the philosophical foundations of quantum mechanics. This remarkable book follows his journey as he comes to grips with the quantum world. It contains correspondence with Charles Bennett, Gilles Brassard, Rolf Landauer, N. David Mermin, Michael Nielsen, Asher Peres, John Preskill, Abner Shimony, William Wootters, Anton Zeilinger, and many others. Filled with diary entries, anecdotes, historical selections, and research ideas, this book will fascinate physicists, philosophers, and historians of science.

1. Letters to David Baker
2. Letters to Howard Baker
3. Letters to Howard Barnum
4. Letters to Paul Benioff
5. Letters to Charlie Bennett
6. Letters to Herb Bernstein
7. Letters to Doug Bilodeau
8. Letters to Gilles Brassard
9. Letters to Jeffrey Bub
10. Letters to Carlton Caves
11. Letters to Greg Comer
12. Letters to Charles Enz
13. Letters to Henry Folse
14. Letters to Bob Griffiths
15. Letters to Adrian Kent
16. Letters to Rolf Landauer
17. Letters to Hideo Mabuchi
18. Letters to David Mermin
19. Letters to David Meyer
20. Letters to Jeff Nicholson
21. Letters to Michael Nielsen
22. Letters to Asher Peres
23. Diary of a carefully worded paper: more letters to Asher Peres
24. Letters to John Preskill
25. Letters to Joseph Renes
26. Letters to Mary Beth Ruskai
27. Letters to Rüdiger Schack
28. Letters to Robert Schumann
29. Letters to Abner Shimony
30. Letters to Jon Waskan
31. Letters to Bill Wootters
32. Letters to Anton Zeilinger
33. Other letters
Index.

Subject Areas: Quantum physics [quantum mechanics & quantum field theory PHQ], Philosophy of science [PDA]