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     - make more consistent
     - all pulling in resources should transclude
 - [[sundays for hacking]]
+- [[quantum computing since democritus]]
+  - nice recap of logic, complexity theory, cryptography, many fundamental proofs
+  - [[chapter 9]] started very strong
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+# quantum computing since democritus
+
+- a [[book]]
+  - by [[scott aaronson]]
+  - [[amazon]] https://www.amazon.com/Quantum-Computing-since-Democritus-ebook/dp/B00B4V6IZK/
+
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+# scott aaronson
+
+- a [[person]]
+  - [[computer scientist]]
+  - [[wp]] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Aaronson
+  - [[go]] https://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/
+  - [[quantum computing since democritus]]
+