Learn Quantum Computing with Python and Q#: A hands-on approach

by Sarah C. Kaiser

https://www.manning.com/books/learn-q...

Genres: Programming, Physics

300 pages, ebook

Published June 22, 2021

Reviews

[Wojtek Gawroński]

It's a strange book. It does a nice job of introducing the topic, but I feel it a little bit artificial. Plus it explains all concepts from the perspective of libraries/frameworks and other analogies to classical computer science. Even that I find this useful, it does not help with understanding.

BTW. I would love to see more examples about Chemistry or NISQ algorithms.

Remember, that it is still in MEAP - so it may improve/change its structure.

[Alvaro Tejada Galindo]

I had high expectations for this book, but didn't really like in the end. The explanations are a bit weird...not very useful to me and would have preferred to use Qiskit, as it's more graphical.

This is for sure not an introductory book, so I would say "Stay away if this is your fist Quantum book"...

Might review again in a couple of years...but for now...nope...

[Tim]

With a topic as difficult as quantum computing, there's a lot to be said for reading about it from multiple points of view. This book takes a very practical CS-centric focus, and in many places, I found this book to be a helpful complement from a more physics-forward discussion. That said, it was hit or miss, and for some topics, the explanations leaved a lot to be desired.