by George Johnson · Vintage · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099452171
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«A Shortcut Through Time» is George Johnson's popular science essay, published by Vintage in paperback (204 pages, in English).
Starting from the miniaturisation of microchips, it explains how quantum mechanics could make an atomic-scale computer possible. The book reviews the key aspects of quantum computing and its applications, such as cryptography or artificial intelligence, to solve in seconds problems that today would take a very long time.
The edition was published on 3 June 2004; George Johnson is a science journalist for the New York Times and was a finalist for the Aventis Prize.
For readers interested in popular science, quantum physics and the future of computing.
Major-General Sir George Frederick Johnson, was a senior British Army officer who fought in the Second World War and was Major-General commanding the Household Brigade and General Officer Commanding London District.
