Quantum Computing Explained Paperback – January 1, 2016

This book will teach you about quantum computing basics. What I really like about the book is that it rants very little and demonstrate by examples in every corner of the book. It also gives you exercises and full solutions. I would enjoy a refreshing chapter on the Linear Algebra required for the book but the book is a great reference nonetheless!

Has considerable amount of typos, but it’s a good starter for people looking to seriously explore Quantum computing

Outstanding coverage of mathematical preliminaries. Those of us who sleepwalked through linear algebra class now have a way to catch up. Well written.

I found the first chapters of the book useful to help me prepare presentations introducing quantum mechanics for software developers. It would be a good complement to a book or series of articles giving an overview of the subject. Well worth the modest price for the paperback.

As a PhD physicist who wanted the basics of 'how this quantum computing stuff works' i found the book to be near perfect. Straightforward, good explanations, the math is sufficient but simple, and the topics covered meet the needs of someone curious but not working in the field. That said, the number of typos is ridiculous, especially in a book that costs so much. The price of textbooks is out of hand, and publishers no longer seem to employ editors. So - a good book if you're careful, but then you shouldn't believe everything you read anyway - always check the facts ;-)

I cannot give enough positive feedback about this book. Many other textbooks on quantum computing simply state exercises for the reader, but lack any solution manual for personal study. As a computer scientist without any formal training on quantum theory, I've found this to be an essential book for furthering my understanding of the subject.The author explicitly shows the steps for all of the exercises sprinkled generously throughout the book. This makes someone with an adequate mathematical background able to easily grasp the subject matter, and see why certain things in quantum information work the way they do. Previously many of my assumptions in the field were a result of things I had read in other texts, but that had not been presented in such a clear manner.If you actually take the time to work along with the author on the exercises (and try to solve them before looking at the solution), I promise, you will gain an intuition for the subject that many other books do not present as clearly.The scope of the book is incredibly thorough, first touching on the basics of linear algebra in regard to quantum information and moving toward quantum cryptography, entanglement, superdense coding, quantum circuits/algorithms, etc.Depending on the audience, I would recommend the reader have had some Calculus, Linear Algebra, and Statistics. Of course, the eager reader without the formal training should not be discouraged, as many of the resources can be found throughout the web on such sites as Khan Academy. A thorough understanding of the previously mentioned will ensure you get the most out of this book. I'd highly recommend this book to someone wanting to gain a more in-depth understanding on the innate details of the mathematical process of quantum computing.

Typos on every page. I wouldn't trust any equation in this book to be correct. Just throw it in the recycling and get something else.

The book is intriguing and gives good insight into basic principles, but there are so many egregious typos in the equations. I recommend Nielson & Chuang

This is very good book for those who wish to get into the area of Quantum Computing, but are apprehensive about the mathematical aspects and quantum mechanics to be understood. Dr. David McMahon starts from first principles, and through numerous well chosen examples to explain concepts, gets you to understand the concept clearly. The solutions for all the examples are extremely clearly given step by step. To really understand the concept, I would strongly recommend one to try out the example without looking at the solution. That way learning becomes very fast. I was able to complete the first few chapters in few days including all examples and exercises. The exercises are also self sufficient in the sense that answers are embedded as part of the questions/exercises. In later topics such as the Quantum Algorithms, I would probably have taken a different solution route, but given the basic premise of the author to make concepts easily understood, I guess the treatment of the solutions is to make the algorithms understood in a simplified manner.Finally, the coverage of topics is pretty much what a beginner would need to know.This should be the first book to study before tackling Neilsen and Chuang, which can be intimidating for those not comfortable with intense mathematics, though that is finally the book to follow by all researchers.

Very clear, with a lot of worked examples.But there are still some typos, and it's a pity there's no official errata available.

I am really glad to have this book and read it fully. It is the best book to start learning Quantum Computing I would say if you don't have a good background in quantum mechanics. The way it teaches you the indispensable essentials of quantum mechanics is what makes this book great. The approach of the book is to go with the problems, which is perhaps the best way to learn quantum mechanics with rigour. The book intially strengthens your background in linear algebra based quantum mechanics and then move to chapters of quantum computing like Quantum gates, teleportation etc. The language of the book is very understandable. Well, one thing which I did not like is the printing mistakes in many places. Nevertheless, no good comes for free !I would love to recommend this book before reading something like NEILSEN AND CHUANG or PRESKILL'S Notes !All wishes :)

Book is extremely well explained with lots of worked out examples to make the concepts lucid. As mentioned by someone already, I too would recommend reading this before starting Nielsen and Chuang, which covers more topics. But Wiley publishers have been very careless with printing. Most of the time the divider symbol in fraction and square root symbol are missing, leading to unnecessary confusion.

A very good book. It explains the subject well and carries the user along with it. There are lot of examples which help the user practice and hence is a very good choice to beginners.