Quantum science is enjoying a renaissance as nascent quantum computers emerge from the lab and quantum sensors are being used for practical applications.

As the technologies we use become more quantum in nature, it follows that everyone should have a basic understanding of quantum physics. To explore how quantum physics can be taught to the masses, I am joined by Arjan Dhawan, <a href="https://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/people/aleks.kissinger/">Aleks Kissinger</a> and <a href="https://www.quantinuum.com/meet-bob-coecke">Bob Coecke</a> – who are all based in the UK.
Coecke is chief scientist at <a href="https://www.quantinuum.com/">Quantinuum</a> – which develops quantum computing hardware and software. Kissinger is associate professor of quantum computing at the University of Oxford; and Dhawan is studying mathematics at the University of Durham.
Kissinger and Coecke have developed a way of teaching quantum physics using diagrams. In 2023, Oxford and Quantinuum joined forces to use the method in a pilot summer programme for 15 to 17 year-olds. Dhawan was one of their students.
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<li>The books mentioned in the podcast are <a href="http://www.cambridge.org/9781107104228">Picturing Quantum Processes: A First Course in Quantum Theory and Diagrammatic Reasoning</a> by Bob Coecke and Aleks Kissinger; and <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1739214714">Quantum in Pictures: A New Way to Understand the Quantum World</a> by Bob Coecke and Stefano Gogioso.</li>
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This article forms part of Physics World&#8216;s contribution to the <a title="https://quantum2025.org/en/about/" href="https://quantum2025.org/en/about/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2025 International Year of Quantum Science and Technology</a> (IYQ), which aims to raise global awareness of quantum physics and its applications.
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