From the course: Introduction to Quantum Computing
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A brief timeline of quantum research to date
From the course: Introduction to Quantum Computing
A brief timeline of quantum research to date
- Given the recent increased interest in quantum computing, it may seem like it's a new area of research and development. Some of the biggest breakthroughs are happening now, but quantum computing and quantum mechanics more broadly already has an illustrious history. Let's look at some of the major milestones along the way and the notable scientists attributed to them. In the mid to late 1800s, a series of discoveries in physics emerged that provided the basis for a handful of defining quantum physics milestones. In the early 1900s, a German theoretical physicist, Max Planck, contributed significantly to our understanding of the nature and behavior of matter and energy at the atomic and subatomic level. He is best known for his quantum theory of energy. His work in this area won him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1918. Albert Einstein, another notable German physicist, built upon Planck's quantum theory to describe the particle properties of light. He demonstrated that electromagnetic…
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