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When Bits Become Waves
The Mathematics and Mechanics of Quantum Computing, from First Principles to AlgorithmsBy Imad Muratspahic
Length1h 17m
About this audiobook
A bit is a choice between two states. A qubit is a wave that has not yet chosen.
When Bits Become Waves is a rigorous, self-contained introduction to quantum computing — the mathematics, the mechanics, and the algorithms — written for readers who are willing to work through the derivations and want to actually understand the subject.
Starting from bits and Boolean logic, the book builds the full mathematical toolkit — complex numbers, linear algebra, probability — before introducing the qubit, superposition, entanglement, and measurement. It then works through the algorithmic canon: Deutsch-Jozsa, Bernstein-Vazirani, Simon, the Quantum Fourier Transform, Shor's factoring algorithm, and Grover's search.
Later chapters cover decoherence, error correction, the NISQ era, hardware platforms, and the honest limits of what quantum computers can and cannot do.
No skipped steps. No hand-waving. No hype.
Audiobook details
GenreScience and Nature
Length1 hr 17 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 30, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction: The Moment Between Bit and Wave
2Chapter 1 — Bits, Gates, and the Logic of Computation
3Chapter 2 — Complex Numbers: The Language of Waves
4Chapter 3 — Linear Algebra: Vectors, Matrices, and Transformations
5Chapter 4 — Probability and the Mathematics of Uncertainty
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6Chapter 5 — The Qubit: What It Is and What It Isn't
7Chapter 6 — Superposition and the Bloch Sphere
8Chapter 7 — Entanglement: When Two Systems Become One
9Chapter 8 — Measurement: The Moment of Collapse
10Chapter 9 — Quantum Gates and Circuits
11Chapter 10 — Deutsch-Jozsa: The First Quantum Speedup
12Chapter 11 — Bernstein-Vazirani: Finding the Hidden String
13Chapter 12 — Simon's Algorithm: The Exponential Advantage
14Chapter 13 — The Quantum Fourier Transform
15Chapter 14 — Shor's Algorithm: Factoring Integers
16Chapter 15 — Grover's Algorithm: Searching the Unstructured
17Chapter 16 — Quantum Simulation: The Original Vision
18Chapter 17 — Decoherence: Why Quantum Is Fragile
19Chapter 18 — Quantum Error Correction
20Chapter 19 — Fault Tolerance and the Threshold Theorem
21Chapter 20 — The NISQ Era and Variational Algorithms
22Chapter 21 — Hardware: How Qubits Are Actually Built
23Chapter 22 — Programming Quantum Computers
24Chapter 23 — What Quantum Computers Can and Cannot Do
25Chapter 24 — The Road Ahead
26Appendix A — Mathematical Reference
27Appendix B — Gate Reference
28Appendix C — Glossary
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