Quantum Mechanics with Sabine
Brilliant / Sabine Hossenfelder
12 courses · 9 tutorials
Brilliant / Sabine Hossenfelder
Dr Steven Herbert, University of Cambridge
Brilliant.org
Packt
University of Colorado Boulder / Wounjhang Park
Delft University of Technology (QuTech)
Fractal Analytics (Srinjoy Ganguly, Shalini Devendrababu)
IBM SkillsBuild
Keio University / Rodney Van Meter
Microsoft Quantum
Dr. Donovan
QWorld
A guided tour of the Bloch sphere using a live simulator: what the poles, the equator and the two angles actually mean, and why two states with identical measurement odds can sit on opposite sides of the ball.
A conceptual guide to how quantum algorithms actually work: using superposition to explore many paths, interference to amplify correct answers, and measurement to extract results.
A side-by-side comparison of classical bits and qubits: what makes a qubit fundamentally different, what it can and cannot do, and common misconceptions.
Write your first quantum program in Qiskit, build a Bell state, run it on a local simulator, and interpret the results.
Understand the structure of quantum algorithms through state preparation, oracles, interference, and measurement, using Deutsch's algorithm as the clearest possible example.
Understand the real mechanism behind quantum speedup: not 'exploring all paths at once,' but engineering interference to amplify right answers and cancel wrong ones.
Cut through the hype and understand what actually separates quantum computers from classical ones, what problems they genuinely help with, and what realistic expectations look like.
Write your first quantum program in Q#, put a qubit in superposition, build a Bell state, and run it from Python using the qsharp package.
A plain-English explanation of qubits, what makes them different from classical bits and why that matters for computing.