Charlie Marcus Knows That Quantum Facts Aren’t Complicated

The quantum physicist Charlie Marcus - a principal researcher at Microsoft Quantum Research and a professor at the Niels Bohr Institute of the University of Copenhagen - is engaged in one of the most ambitious quests in modern technology: the creation of a true quantum computer. In this episode, Marcus talks with host Steven Strogatz about why facts are never complicated, what working in a music store taught him about doing science, and the parallels between the use of knots in early Mesoamerican culture and his quantum computing work today. Read more at https://www.quantamagazine.org/charlie-marcus-knows-that-quantum-facts-arent-complicated-20210510/.

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