Summary: Quantum Computing was only discovered in the past forty years even though quantum physics was born about one hundred years ago. During these past forty years, scientists have tried to understand how we could use it and what benefits it would bring us. It's a completely different way of computing, and makes a perfect addition to Miniseries 3: <a title="Miniseries 3: The Technologies of Tomorrow" href="http://thewonderofreality.com/episode-guide/miniseries-3-the-technologies-of-tomorrow/">The Technologies of Tomorrow</a>. Links: Our <a title="Episode 13: Quantum Computing (Show Notes)" href="http://thewonderofreality.com/episode-guide/miniseries-3-the-technologies-of-tomorrow/episode-13-quantum-computing-show-notes/">Show Notes</a> for the episode (<a href="http://thewonderofreality.com/episode-guide/miniseries-3-the-technologies-of-tomorrow/episode-13-quantum-computing-show-notes/#Binary_in_Classical_and_Quantum_Computers">Binary in Classical and Quantum Computers</a>, <a href="http://thewonderofreality.com/episode-guide/miniseries-3-the-technologies-of-tomorrow/episode-13-quantum-computing-show-notes/#Qubits_and_Bits">Qubits and Bits</a>, <a href="http://thewonderofreality.com/episode-guide/miniseries-3-the-technologies-of-tomorrow/episode-13-quantum-computing-show-notes/#Deutschs_Problem">Deutsch’s Problem</a>, and <a href="http://thewonderofreality.com/episode-guide/miniseries-3-the-technologies-of-tomorrow/episode-13-quantum-computing-show-notes/#Obstacles">Obstacles</a>) Double Slit Experiment <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-slit_experiment">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-slit_experiment</a> Photoelectric Effect <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photoelectric_effect">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photoelectric_effect</a> Blackbody Radiation <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planck%27s_law">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planck%27s_law</a> How to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_number#Counting_in_binary">count in binary</a> The four conditions required for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_computer#Potential">quantum computers to be dramatically faster than classical computers</a> The <a href="http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/index.jsp">World Community Grid</a> is one example of how distributed computing is making the world a better place <a href="http://folding.stanford.edu/">Folding@home’s website</a> How to break our standard, <a href="http://www.askamathematician.com/2011/02/q-how-can-quantum-computers-break-ecryption/">large prime encryption scheme with Shor’s Algorithm</a> Some possible ways to have encryption <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-quantum_cryptography">that isn’t easily broken by a quantum computer</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_error_correction">Quantum Error Correction</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_error_correction">An approachable account of </a><a href="http://www.askamathematician.com/2011/02/q-how-does-quantum-computing-work/">how quantum computing works</a> A much more technical explanation of <a href="http://www.theory.caltech.edu/people/preskill/ph229/#lecture">how quantum computing works</a> (a very good read)
