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I'm an Associate Professor at the University of Technology Sydney's Centre for Quantum Software and Information (UTS:QSI), where I lecture on and research quantum information, control, and foundations. However, I'm better known even amongst my colleagues as the author of "Quantum Physics for Babies," which has been translated into twenty languages and has over a million readers worldwide!
Recently, I started writing for older audiences with "Where Did The Universe Come From? And Other Cosmic Questions" and "Quantum Bullsh*t: How To Ruin Your Life With Advice From Quantum Physics." My next book is "42 Reasons To Hate The Universe: And One Reason Not To." Though it won't be released until 2024, my co-authors and I have already started a complementary podcast for it.
Ask me anything! (I'll be answering questions from my morning in Australia at 4PM EDT (6 AM AEST June 27th, 20 UT).)
Website: https://www.csferrie.com/
Books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Chris-Ferrie/author/B00IZILZR6
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Welcome to our weekly feature, Ask Anything Wednesday - this week we are focusing on Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science
Do you have a question within these topics you weren't sure was worth submitting? Is something a bit too speculative for a typical r/AskScience post? No question is too big or small for AAW. In this thread you can ask any science-related question! Things like: "What would happen if...", "How will the future...", "If all the rules for 'X' were different...", "Why does my...".
Asking Questions:
Please post your question as a top-level response to this, and our team of panellists will be here to answer and discuss your questions. The other topic areas will appear in future Ask Anything Wednesdays, so if you have other questions not covered by this weeks theme please either hold on to it until those topics come around, or go and post over in our sister subreddit r/AskScienceDiscussion , where every day is Ask Anything Wednesday! Off-theme questions in this post will be removed to try and keep the thread a manageable size for both our readers and panellists.
Answering Questions:
Please only answer a posted question if you are an expert in the field. The full guidelines for posting responses in AskScience can be found here. In short, this is a moderated subreddit, and responses which do not meet our quality guidelines will be removed. Remember, peer reviewed sources are always appreciated, and anecdotes are absolutely not appropriate. In general if your answer begins with 'I think', or 'I've heard', then it's not suitable for r/AskScience.
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Past AskAnythingWednesday posts can be found here. Ask away!