Paul Benioff
Paul Benioff · Technology & Engineering
Proposed the first quantum-mechanical model of a computer.
1930, Pasadena, California, USA — 2022, Los Angeles, California, USA
United States
Paul Benioff is recognized among Jewish contributors to Technology & Engineering — Proposed the first quantum-mechanical model of a computer.
Paul Anthony Benioff was an American physicist at Argonne National Laboratory who in 1980 published the first quantum-mechanical model of a computer, describing a quantum Turing machine and helping found the field of quantum computing. His theoretical work showed that computation could obey the laws of quantum mechanics. He came from a Jewish family.
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Proposed the first quantum-mechanical model of a computer.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Computer Science
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