{"product_id":"shortcut-through-time","title":"Shortcut Through Time","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe newest Pentium chip powering PCs and laptops contains 40 million electronic switches packed onto a piece of silicon about the size of a thumbnail. Several years from now, if this incredible shrinking continues, a single chip will hold a billion switches, then a trillion. The logical culmination is a computer in which the switches are so tiny that each consists of an individual atom.  At that point something miraculous happens: quantum mechanics kick in. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnyone who follows the science news or watches 'Star Trek' has at least a notion of what that means: particles can be in two or more places at once. Atoms obey a peculiar logic of their own - and if it can be harnessed society will be transformed.  Problems that would now take forever would be solved almost instantly. Quantum computing promises nothing less than a shortcut through time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54217606201688,"sku":"9780099452171","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780099452171.jpg?v=1777050012","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/shortcut-through-time","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}