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| View Larger Image | Quantum Information: An Overview | Hardcoverby Gregg Jaeger (Author)
| List Price: | $54.95 | | Price: | $35.79 | | You Save: | $19.16 (35%) | | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours |
| | Binding: | Hardcover | | Publisher: | Springer | | Edition: | 1st Edition | | Page Count: | 284 Pages | | Publication Date: | November 15, 2006 | | Sales Rank: | 845,898th |
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| A Short Course in Quantum Information Theory: An Approach From Theoretical Physics (Lecture Notes in Physics)
by Lajos Diósi (Author)
This short and concise primer takes the vantage point of theoretical physics and the unity of physics. It sets out to strip the burgeoning field of quantum information science to its basics by linking it to universal concepts in physics. An extensive lecture rather than a comprehensive textbook, this volume is based on courses delivered over several years to advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students, but essentially it addresses anyone with a working knowledge of basic quantum...
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Product Description
This book is a comprehensive yet concise overview of quantum information science, which is a rapidly developing area of interdisciplinary investigation that now plays a significant role in physics, information technology and engineering. The most well-known applications of quantum information science are quantum key distribution and quantum computation. This book is a handy reference for practitioners and students covering foundational issues as well as these and other applications. It contains more than 25 illustrations that encapsulate essential ideas and fundamental constructs. Foreword by Prof. Tommaso Toffoli. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 1 review)
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An overview indeed. by Kevin Ann (Boston, MA USA)  5 Stars
December 09, 2006
Since this new field of quantum information is rapidly maturing, there currently exist many excellent textbooks from which to choose from in order to learn basic ideas and acquire technical tools. This book has a different aim, as suggested by its name and as eloquently introduced in the foreword by Prof. Tommaso Toffoli, "In one word, this is a 'responsible' book, the rest is commentary."
As a third year graduate student myself with eight months of active research in the field, the value of this text for me was that it clearly tied together the most important ideas from each subfield of quantum information. The reader is unburdened by pages and pages of proofs in the body of the text. For that, there's a 477 item bibliography at the end that guides the reader to the original source. [...]
Not having proofs does not imply lack of depth, but leaves room for insightful commentary and interesting historical tidbits (page 52 footnote: "...(John) Bell had himself officially listed as a 'quantum engineer' in the CERN personnel directory.") In addition to the articulate running commentary, it's very important to note that there exists enough material that this book could also be used as a reference.
This book should be required reading for any working physicist within the field, as well as those in related fields with familiarity of quantum mechanics. Anyone without formal training in quantum mechanics could still benefit by skipping the points not dealing directly with the formalism, especially in the introductions to the chapters and sections.
Overall, a coherent and very useful book.
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| Quantum Computer Science: An Introduction
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| Introduction to Quantum Information Science (Oxford Graduate Texts)
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| An Introduction to Quantum Computing
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