A Shortcut Through Time: The Path to the Quantum Computer - Softcover

"Sets a new standard for science writing . . . a delight and a rare gem."--The New York Times

"Using metaphors instead of mathematics, George Johnson brings clarity to the strange world of the quantum computer."-- Scientific American

"He makes you smart and quantum computing real." -- Kevin Kelly, Wired

"Lucid and accessible. . . . Johnson does a fine job of telling a story that makes sense both to those who are completely at home in the mathematical theory of the subatomic world and to those whose reaction to the theory is abject terror. . . . A beguiling combination of clarity and enthusiasm." -- New Scientist

The author of Strange Beauty and Fire in the Mind combines the latest advances in mathematics and physics with ground-breaking computer science to examine the possibility for the development of the quantum computer, a breakthrough that could allow a shortcut through time. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.