The new quantum technology brings radical socio-economic, geopolitical, and military changes. Countries that possess quantum computers will have power similar to what nuclear powers gained after World War II.

The quantum computer operates based on the strange physical properties of quantum phenomena and – as it completes calculations in a few seconds that would take a digital computer thousands of years – it renders even the strongest conventional supercomputer old-fashioned and outdated. This achievement is as revolutionary as the first flight of the Wright brothers in 1903. The Q-day is approaching! A completely new era for our economy and way of life has already dawned.

• How does this marvel of technology work?
• How does it simultaneously simulate thousands of situations and address existential challenges of humanity, such as climate change, Artificial Intelligence, and nuclear issues?
• How does it decipher biological processes that produce natural, inexpensive fertilizer, resulting in increased food reserves for the growing population of our planet?
• How does it process liquid biopsies and design new antibiotics aimed at accelerating the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and incurable forms of cancer?
• How does it monitor a global network of medical instruments and sensors to timely address the outbreak of a new deadly virus?
• How does it achieve the economic functioning of nuclear fusion reactors, resulting in the production of clean, inexpensive energy for society?
• How is our digital privacy ensured as well as inclusion in the new era of "Quantum Supremacy"?

The frantic race for the conquest of Quantum Supremacy takes the form of fierce investment competition among technology giants, resulting in the transformative power of quantum computing already being harnessed in the products of multinationals in aerospace, automotive, weapons, security, banking, telecommunications, and networks. The operation and vast computational power of quantum processors rely on the enigmatic yet completely natural phenomenon of "quantum entanglement." This is a reality that defies intuition and is governed by "strange" physical laws.

“Michio Kaku explains with marvelous eloquence the impressive possibilities of Quantum Supremacy. His enthusiasm is infectious, and his recent book is the most significant and enlightening guide to this exciting milestone of our technological future.” Kirkus Reviews

CONTENTS
Part 1
THE RISE OF QUANTUM COMPUTERS
The end of the silicon era
Quantum Supremacy • The End of Moore's Law • Why are they so powerful? • Limitations of Quantum Computers • Revolutionizing the economy • Other applications of Quantum Computers • Food for the planet • The birth of Quantum Medicine
The end of the digital era
Quantum Computers: the ultimate simulation • Babbage and the Analytical Engine • Are the mathematics complete? • Alan Turing, the pioneer of Computer Science • Computers in war • Turing and the creation of Artificial Intelligence
The rise of quanta
The birth of Quantum Theory • The birth of the Wave Equation • The quantum atom • Probability waves • Schrödinger's cat • Microcosm vs. macrocosm • Entanglement • The tragedy of war
The dawn of quantum computers
The birth of the transistor • A genius in action • The birth of nanotechnology • The path integrals of Feynman • Quantum path summation • The quantum Turing machine • Parallel universes • Many Worlds • The many worlds of Everett • The resurrection of parallel universes • Parallel universes in our living room • Summary of Quantum Theory • The groundbreaking work of Shor • Beating Shor's algorithm • Internet with laser use
The race has begun
Superconducting quantum computer • Ion trap quantum computer • Photonic quantum computers • Silicon photonic computers • Topological quantum computers • D-Wave quantum computers
Part 2
QUANTUM COMPUTERS AND SOCIETY
The origin of life
Two Cuts • What is life? • Physics and biotechnology • Three stages of biotechnology • The paradox of life • Computational chemistry and quantum biology
Making the world green
The quantum mechanics of photosynthesis • Artificial photosynthesis • The artificial leaf
Feeding the planet
Overpopulation and famine • Science for war and peace • ATP: nature's battery • Catalysis: nature's shortcut
Providing energy to the world
Solar revolution? • The history of the battery • The lithium revolution • Beyond lithium-ion batteries • Automakers and quantum computers
Part 3
QUANTUM MEDICINE
Quantum health
The emergence of drug-resistant microbes • How antibiotics work • The role of quantum medicine • Deadly viruses • The Covid pandemic • Early warning system • Decoding the immune system • The Omicron virus • The future
Gene editing and cancer treatment
Liquid biopsies • Smelling cancers • Immunotherapy • The paradox of the immune system • CRISPR • The Peto paradox
Artificial Intelligence and quantum computers
Machine learning • The common sense problem • Protein folding • The birth of computational biology • Prions and incurable diseases • "Good" and "bad" varieties of amyloid protein • ALS • Parkinson's disease
Immortality
The second law of thermodynamics • What is aging? • Predicting how long we can live • Resetting the biological clock • Caloric restriction • The key to aging: DNA repair • Reprogramming cells for youth • The store of the human body • Tissue engineering • The role of quantum computers • Digital immortality
Part 4
MODELING THE WORLD AND THE UNIVERSE
Global warming
CO2 and global warming • Future predictions • Methane as a greenhouse gas • Consequences for the military • Polar vortex • What to do? • Quantum computers and weather simulation • Uncertainties
The Sun in a bottle
Why does the Sun shine? • The advantages of fusion • Building a fusion reactor • So why are we delaying? • ITER • Competing designs • Laser fusion • Issues with fusion • Quantum fusion
Simulating the Universe
Deadly asteroids • Exoplanets • Aliens in space? • Star evolution • The Carrington Event • Gamma-ray bursts • Black holes • Dark matter • The Standard Model of particles • Beyond the Standard Model • String theory • Quantum computers may hold the key
A day in the year 2050
Epilogue
Quantum puzzles:
Did God have a choice? • The Universe as a simulation • Parallel universes • Is the Universe a quantum computer?

Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography – Images
Index
A few words about the author