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http://www.amazon.com/Quantum-Computing-since-Democritus-ebook/dp/B00B4V6IZK http://www.amazon.com/Quantum-Computing-since-Democritus-ebo... also free online

• chubot 11y ago
  I have this book and it's great, though it's not quantum computing "for a programmer" -- I don't think such a thing really exists. It was based on a series of quantum computing lectures he did for CS grad students. If you have a solid undergraduate education in computer science theory (computability, computational complexity, etc.) and probability, you can get pretty far through the book and take away useful things. But simply being a programmer doesn't mean you'll get very far. I got pretty far but got lost toward the end. He states a LOT of results and they become hard to remember without working through them more deeply. It's all theory -- there's absolutely nothing like "programming" in the book.
  • lovelearning 11y ago
    Thank you for that review. I should have phrased my question better, because I actually meant a book for CS grads that focuses on the computational side more than the physics theory. Programming was the wrong word.
  • tgb 11y ago
    I, too, loved the book but think it's not what the asker was looking for. In particular, it assumes a lot of knowledge about quantum computing (it doesn't cover, say, Shor's algorithm or quantum Fourier transforms). It's aim is to present information about complexity theory, not "Learn to Program Quantum Computers in 24 Days". There was a good course on Coursera some years back that I found quite enjoyable and was my first introduction to quantum computing. It serves as an OK intro to quantum mechanics, too, from the abstract point of view where we just assume we have qubits versus the physics point of view where we start by looking at atoms. Maybe the course is still available.
• lovelearning 11y ago
  Thank you for the recommendation. I didn't know the author of this post is himself a published author on the subject. Will check it out.