NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - An exhilarating tour of humanity's next great technological achievement--quantum computing--which may eventually illuminate the deepest mysteries of science, supercharge artificial intelligence, and solve some of humanity's biggest problems, like global warming, world hunger, and incurable disease, by the bestselling author of The God Equation. The runaway success of the microchip processor may be reaching its end. Running up against the physical constraints of smaller and smaller sizes, traditional silicon chips are not likely to prove useful in solving humanity's greatest challenges, from climate change, to global starvation, to incurable diseases. But the quantum computer, which harnesses the power and complexity of the atomic realm, already promises to be every bit as revolutionary as the transistor and microchip once were. Its unprecedented gains in computing power herald advancements that could change every aspect of our daily lives.
Automotive companies, medical researchers, and consulting firms are betting on quantum computing, hoping to exploit its power to design more efficient vehicles, create life-saving new drugs, and streamline industries to revolutionize the economy. But this is only the beginning. Quantum computers could allow us to finally create nuclear fusion reactors that create clean, renewable energy without radioactive waste or threats of meltdown. They could help us crack the biological processes that generate natural, cheap fertilizer and enable us to feed the world's growing populations. And they could unravel the fiendishly difficult protein folding that lies at the heart of previously incurable diseases like Alzheimer's, ALS, and Parkinson's, helping us to live longer, healthier lives. There is not a single problem humanity faces that couldn't be addressed by quantum computing. Told with Kaku's signature clarity and enthusiasm,
Quantum Supremacy is the story of this exciting frontier and the race to claim humanity's future.
《紐約時報》暢銷書籍 - 一場關於人類下一個偉大科技成就的激動人心之旅──量子計算，它可能最終揭示科學的最深奧秘，強化人工智慧，解決全球暖化、世界飢餓和不治之症等人類面臨的重大問題。這本書是《神之方程式》的暢銷作者所著。
微晶片處理器的驚人成功可能即將結束。傳統的矽晶片在越來越小的尺寸限制下遇到了物理限制，不太可能在解決人類最大的挑戰上發揮作用，包括氣候變化、全球飢餓和不治之症。但是，量子計算機利用原子領域的力量和複雜性，已經承諾成為與晶體管和微晶片一樣具有革命性的技術。它在計算能力方面的前所未有的進步預示著可能改變我們日常生活的各個方面。
汽車公司、醫學研究人員和咨詢公司正在押注於量子計算，希望利用其能力設計更高效的車輛，創造能夠挽救生命的新藥物，並通過革新經濟來優化行業。但這只是個開始。量子計算機可以讓我們最終創造出無輻射廢物或熔毀威脅的清潔可再生能源核聚變反應堆。它們可以幫助我們破解生成天然廉價肥料的生物過程，並使我們能夠餵養世界不斷增長的人口。它們還可以解開阿茲海默症、肌萎縮性脊髓側索硬化症和帕金森病等以前無法治愈的疾病核心的極其困難的蛋白質折疊問題，幫助我們活得更長、更健康。沒有一個人類面臨的問題是量子計算機無法解決的。《量子霸權》以卡庫獨特的清晰和熱情講述了這個令人興奮的前沿領域和爭奪人類未來的競賽。
MICHIO KAKU is a professor of physics at the City University of New York, cofounder of string field theory, and the author of several widely acclaimed science books, including Hyperspace, Beyond Einstein, Physics of the Impossible, and Physics of the Future. He is the science correspondent for CBS's This Morning and host of the radio programs Science Fantastic and Explorations in Science.
