Maps of Matter

Status: Rough working notes – me thinking aloud. Speculative, and likely contains errors, misconceptions, and omissions; thoughtful, informed comments are welcome. Intended for a general scientifically curious audience, not requiring much detailed specialist background.

Maps of Matter Maps of Matter Michael Nielsen | February 2021 Maps of Matter How do scanning tunnelling microscopes work? The Varieties of Material Existence In what sense is quantum computing a science? The Fermionic canonical commutation relations and the Jordan-Wigner transform Status: Rough working notes - me thinking aloud. Speculative, and likely contains errors, misconceptions, and omissions; thoughtful, informed comments are welcome. Intended for a general scientifically curious audience, not requiring much detailed specialist background. It is sometimes said physics is nearing its end

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