@HPCpodcast-51: Bob Coecke on Quantum in Pictures (Book)
OrionX, February 24th, 2023
In the The Messenger Lectures in 1964 at MIT, Richard Feynman said 'On the other hand, I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics. . Do not keep saying to yourself, if you can possibly avoid it, 'But how can it be like that?' because you will get 'down the drain', into a blind alley from which nobody has escaped. Nobody knows how it can be like that.'
Why is that? And can the teaching and understanding of Quantum Mechanics be simplified without loss of accuracy or mathematical rigor? For the answer, you have come to the right podcast!
Bob Coecke, co-author with Stefano Gogioso of the recently-released book Quantum in Pictures: A New Way to Understand the Quantum World joins us to discuss why quantum mechanics is so hard, the inspirations behind the book, and how he's working to make quantum computing more accessible through his work.