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Quantum Computing by Practice: Python Programming in the Cloud with Qiskit and IBM-Q
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Quantum Computing by Practice: Python Programming in the Cloud with Qiskit and IBM-Q

by Vladimir Silva
December 2023
Intermediate to advanced
412 pages
11h 10m
English
Apress
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V. SilvaQuantum Computing by Practice https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9991-3_11

11. Quantum in the Real World: Advanced Chemistry and Protein Folding

Vladimir Silva1  
(1)
CARY, NC, USA
 

My physics teacher used to say that quantum computers are notoriously bad calculators, and then he’ll quote Richard Feynman to emphasize that these machines were conceived with atomic principles in mind; therefore, they should tackle problems at the atomic scale. Nowhere else is this more tangible than in the fields of chemistry and medicine where quantum is already working hard to make a difference. In this chapter, we showcase two amazing real-life experiments that illustrate ...

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