Michael Nielsen, co-author of the de-facto standard textbook for quantum computing [1], has an accessible "Quantum Computing for the Determined" video series on

Michael Nielsen, co-author of the de-facto standard textbook for quantum computing [1], has an accessible "Quantum Computing for the Determined" video series on youtube [2]. (There used to be a pdf of the textbook online at [3], but it seems to have been removed...) Scott Aaronson's Quantum Computing Since Democritus [4] is also good, but at a more abstract level. The well-written lecture notes it's based on are on his site [5]. General quantum physics knowledge can also help, but physics-focused content tends to focus more on the calculus whereas quantum computing mostly only uses the linear algebra. I liked The Theoretical Minimum [6]. 1: http://www.amazon.com/Quantum-Computation-Information-Anniversary-Edition/dp/1107002176 http://www.amazon.com/Quantum-Computation-Information-Annive... 2: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1826E60FD05B44E4 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1826E60FD05B44E4 3: http://www.johnboccio.com/research/quantum/notes/QC10th.pdf http://www.johnboccio.com/research/quantum/notes/QC10th.pdf 4: http://www.amazon.com/Quantum-Computing-since-Democritus-Aaronson/dp/0521199565 http://www.amazon.com/Quantum-Computing-since-Democritus-Aar... 5: http://www.scottaaronson.com/democritus/lec1.html http://www.scottaaronson.com/democritus/lec1.html 6: http://www.amazon.com/Quantum-Mechanics-The-Theoretical-Minimum/dp/0465062903 http://www.amazon.com/Quantum-Mechanics-The-Theoretical-Mini...