03337cam a22003734i 4500 16498801 OSt 20150408114024.0 101013t20112010enk b 001 0 eng 2010042734 9780521199261 (hardback) DLC eng DLC rda DLC pcc e-sw--- QC16.F79 A4 2011 530.12 22 SCI057000 bisacsh Fuchs, Christopher A., 1964- 15444 Correspondence. Selections Coming of Age With Quantum Information : Notes on a Paulian Idea : Selected Correspondence, 1995-2001 / Christopher A. Fuchs. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011. lv, 543 p. Includes bibliographical references and index. Machine generated contents note: 1. Letters to David Baker; 2. Letters to Howard Baker; 3. Letters to Howard Barnum; 4. Letters to Paul Benioff; 5. Letters to Charlie Bennett; 6. Letters to Herb Bernstein; 7. Letters to Doug Bilodeau; 8. Letters to Gilles Brassard; 9. Letters to Jeffrey Bub; 10. Letters to Carlton Caves; 11. Letters to Greg Comer; 12. Letters to Charles Enz; 13. Letters to Henry Folse; 14. Letters to Bob Griffiths; 15. Letters to Adrian Kent; 16. Letters to Rolf Landauer; 17. Letters to Hideo Mabuchi; 18. Letters to David Mermin; 19. Letters to David Meyer; 20. Letters to Jeff Nicholson; 21. Letters to Michael Nielsen; 22. Letters to Asher Peres; 23. Diary of a carefully worded paper: more letters to Asher Peres; 24. Letters to John Preskill; 25. Letters to Joseph Renes; 26. Letters to Mary Beth Ruskai; 27. Letters to Rüdiger Schack; 28. Letters to Robert Schumann; 29. Letters to Abner Shimony; 30. Letters to Jon Waskan; 31. Letters to Bill Wootters; 32. Letters to Anton Zeilinger; 33. Other letters; Index. "A passionate and personal account of the early days of quantum information and quantum computing, this unique book is a collection of more than 500 letters between the author and many of the founders of these intriguing fields. Christopher A. Fuchs is one of the most penetrating modern thinkers on the philosophical foundations of quantum mechanics. This remarkable book follows his journey as he comes to grips with the quantum world. It contains correspondence with Charles Bennett, Gilles Brassard, Rolf Landauer, N. David Mermin, Michael Nielsen, Asher Peres, John Preskill, Abner Shimony, William Wootters, Anton Zeilinger, and many others. Filled with diary entries, anecdotes, historical selections, and research ideas, this book will fascinate physicists, philosophers, and historians of science"-- Fuchs, Christopher A., 1964- Correspondence. 15445 Physicists Sweden Correspondence. 15446 Quantum theory. 8263 SCIENCE / Quantum Theory bisacsh. 15447 Revision of: Fuchs, Christopher A. Notes on a Paulian idea [Växjö, Sweden] : Växjö University Press, c2003 xx, 693 pages ; 25 cm Cover image http://assets.cambridge.org/97805211/99261/cover/9780521199261.jpg ddc BOOK 22246 256746 0 2013-03-10 0 0 530.12 F C C 2012-06-01 SZM 9780521199261 SZM 2013-03-10 00:00:00 BOOK ddc 0 0 2013-03-10 0 0 530.12 F C C 2012-06-01 SZM 00086350 SZM 2013-10-30 2013-11-24 00:00:00 BOOK ddc 1 0 2013-03-10 0 0 530.12 F C C 2012-06-03 EZF 00085555 EZF 2013-03-10 00:00:00 BOOK ddc 0 0 2013-03-10 0 0 530.12 F C C 2012-06-03 EZF 00085556 EZF 2013-03-10 00:00:00 BOOK ddc 0