Coming of Age With Quantum Information : Notes on a Paulian Idea : Selected Correspondence, 1995-2001

"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"-- Provided by publisher 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.