Publication of the popular science book: Quantum Simulators: Building Models of the Microscopic World

Professor Javier Argüello Luengo of the UPC Physics Department, along with Professor Alejandro González Tudela, a researcher at the CSIC's Institute of Fundamental Physics, are publishing this book, which is the result of the RSEF-BBVA Foundation award for the best popular science article on the same topic.

The quantum revolution is one of the most radical technological transformations of the century. It is a field that explores fascinating problems with very real consequences, such as protecting our communications, improving the precision of physical measurements, or understanding why some materials conduct electricity without offering any resistance.

But how can we understand the quantum world when we cannot see it or calculate it with a computer? This is one of the great challenges of scientific research, which has found one of its most creative solutions in quantum simulation. From the strings Gaudí used to design the Sagrada Familia to microscopic structures and their atom-by-atom construction, model making is a useful and effective technological resource that, in addition to allowing for a high degree of experimental control, has helped unravel some of nature's best-kept mysteries.

Accompanied by the protagonists of this technological revolution and nearly 30 original illustrations, we will discover messages encrypted thanks to quantum physics, models that solve space accidents, and laboratories where work is done at the lowest temperatures in the universe, in a fascinating story that delves into one of the least-known branches of quantum physics.

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