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

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V. SilvaQuantum Computing by Practice https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9991-3_1

1. Quantum Fields: The Building Blocks of Reality

Vladimir Silva¹  

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CARY, NC, USA

 

The beginning of the 20th century, more specifically 1930s Europe, witnessed the dawn of arguably one of the greatest theories in human history: quantum mechanics. After almost a century of change, this wonder of imagination has morphed and taken many directions. One of these is quantum field theory (QFT) which is the subject of this chapter. If you enjoy physics and wish to understand why things are the way they are, then you must get your feet wet with QFT. It has been called the most successful ...