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Scott Aaronson, co-author of the comic, is the director of the Quantum Information Center at UT Austin, and has a number of publications about quantum computing
by kingbirdy 7y ago
Scott Aaronson, co-author of the comic, is the director of the Quantum Information Center at UT Austin, and has a number of publications about quantum computing. His website has more qualifications: https://www.scottaaronson.com/ https://www.scottaaronson.com/.
- _asummers 7y agoHis book Quantum Computing Since Democritus is very good too.
- Darkphibre 7y agoWow. I had no idea, thanks for this!
- knzhou 7y agoAnd it's not just the qualifications -- Scott Aaronson is one of the most approachable, honest, and witty science communicators of all time. You almost never see all those traits all together in popsci, even ignoring qualifications. If there was a Scott Aaronson tier communicator for every subfield of science, the world would be a much better place. I also wouldn't have to type nearly as many comments.
- romwell 7y ago>You almost never see all those traits all together in popsci Hold on a second. Scott Aaronson is popsci, as in popular science. As for what you refer to, see the name of the journal the boy is reading in the first panel :)