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I was supposed to write the foreword to his last book, but wasn't able to get around to it in time. With characteristic directness and understanding, he suggested using one of my comics he'd inspired. I still feel guilty about it.
Title text: I was supposed to write the foreword to his last book, but wasn't able to get around to it in time. With characteristic directness and understanding, he suggested using one of my comics he'd inspired. I still feel guilty about it.

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Popular treatments are so simpl they don't even make sense or they're actively wrong
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Book called
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Jonathan passed away this month
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April 1955
June 2020
I never met him in person, but : Learned a lot from him last we talked, he was working on book about the quantum internet. Which hope is still published
Anyway I don't have any special insight here. Honestly.It just sucks but in memoriam here's a comic-ified version of my favorite story from his book the only context you need is that shor's algorithm is extremely important in quantum computing
These are his words my pic tures
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Was tasked give lectures
How long have the chinese been working on this
To army
The general turned to aide and barked
Straight face
General when it comes the remainder theorem the chinese a are years ahead of us
The chinese are ahead! Write that down
To
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Jesus, it's a freakin' memorial comic and you're here for a bonus joke?!
Shame!

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