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

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2. Richard Feynman, Demigod of Physics, Father of the Quantum Computer

Vladimir Silva¹  

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CARY, NC, USA

 

In the rankings of the greatest physicists of the last century, American physicist Richard Feynman (1918–1988) levels just a few notches below Albert Einstein. His name, legend, and legacy live in the halls of academia as the labors of a demigod. Feynman achieved so much in his 5+ decades in the field of physics: he was part of the Manhattan project that developed the first atomic weapon; his lectures and books in computation and quantum electrodynamics (QED) are the stuff ...