Schrödingers Killer App: Race to Build the Worlds First Quantum Computer

Written by a renowned quantum physicist closely involved in the U.S. governments development of quantum information science, this book presents an inside look at the governments quest to build a quantum computer capable of solving complex mathematical problems and hacking the public-key encryption codes used to secure the Internet. The "killer app" refers to Shors quantum factoring algorithm, which would unveil the encrypted communications of the entire Internet if a quantum computer could be built to run the algorithm. Schrِdingers notion of quantum entanglement-and his infamous cat-is at the heart of it all.