Quantum Supremacy

Outline

Quantum Supremacy (2023) explains how quantum computers work and why they could transform the world. Michio Kaku describes how these machines, which use the strange rules of quantum physics, may one day solve problems far beyond today’s computers, in areas such as medicine, energy, climate, and artificial intelligence. The book offers an exciting and accessible look at a technology still being developed.

• Quantum computers run on the strange rules of quantum physics, which makes them work very differently from the computers we use today.
• Michio Kaku argues that quantum machines may one day solve problems far beyond what today's computers can handle.
• Medicine, energy, climate research, and artificial intelligence are the main areas where quantum computing could bring change.
• Quantum computing is still being developed, so its biggest promises belong to the future rather than the present.

Michio Kaku is an American theoretical physicist, professor at the City College of New York, and one of the world’s best-known popularisers of science. He is a co-founder of string field theory and a frequent guest on television and radio programmes about science. His bestselling books include Physics of the Impossible, The Future of Humanity, The God Equation, and Quantum Supremacy.