	Quantum Information: An Overview by Gregg Jaeger (Author) 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...
	Nanoelectronics and Nanosystems: From Transistors to Molecular and Quantum Devices by Karl Goser (Author) Nanoelectronics provides an accessible introduction for prospective and practicing electronic engineers, computer scientists and physicists. The overview covers all aspects from underlying technologies to circuits and systems. The challenge of nanoelectronics is not only to manufacture minute structures but also to develop innovative systems for effective integration of the billions of devices. On the system level, various architectures are presented and important features of systems,...
	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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Recently, quantum information theory has been developing through a fusion of results from various research fields. This requires that understanding of basic results on diverse topics, and derived from different disciplinary perspectives, is required for appreciating the overall picture. Intended to merge key topics from both the information-theoretic and quantum- mechanical viewpoints, this graduate-level textbook provides a unified viewpoint of quantum information theory and lucid explanations of those basic results, so that the reader fundamentally grasps advances and challenges. For example, advanced topics in quantum communication such as quantum teleportation, superdense coding, quantum state transmission (quantum error-correction), and quantum encryption especially benefit from this unified approach. Unlike earlier treatments, the text requires knowledge of only linear algebra, probability theory, and quantum mechanics, while it treats the topics of quantum hypothesis testing and the discrimination of quantum states, and quantum channel coding (message transmission) with the minimal amount of math needed to convey their essence. Solving the more than 240 exercises provides readers with practice that not only enriches their knowledge of quantum information theory, but also can equip them with the techniques necessary for pursuing their own research in this field.

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Save your money by Mayer A. Landau (Rochester, NY)

1 Stars
January 05, 2008
This text is mathematically and analytically dense, but for no good reason. In addition, it seems the author cannot be bothered by providing any type of motivation. The author meanders in his presentation, as well, with no discernible final goal or objective. The result is a manuscript that is utterly unreadable. Save your money.

Not an introduction at all, but very impressive by sarai (MA)

4 Stars
November 10, 2006
This book is an apparently very good translation from a previous Japanese version. It is packed with extremely technical results perhaps not available elsewhere. The title is rather deceptive. It is not by any means an introduction to the topic.

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