From the reviews: "The author notes that the classical electronic components contained in the actual computers have actually attained the lower limit after which one enters a world dominated by quantum laws. … The book contains over 200 references, which contain the most important results from the literature. … The book is accessible and can be useful ... Read moreto physicists, mathematicians and engineers alike." (Gheorghe E. I. Draganescu, Mathematical Reviews, Issue 2007 b) "The author intends to give an ‘interplay between mathematics and physics’, to ‘present those details that are used most often both in theory and experiment and to dispense with many inessential ones’. In fact, the demands to the reader are moderate such that the book can be suitable for a first contact with this field." (K. –E. Hellwig, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1122 (24), 2007) “Pavicic’s book achieves its own characteristic balance between the complementary attributes, depth and breadth, such that algorithmists and computation theorists will be reading both within and very much around their subject as that subject is conventionally construed. … The book will be valuable for researchers, and for neophytes who want to get the ‘flavor’ of quantum computing … .” (George Hacken, SIGACT News, Vol. 40 (4), 2009) Show Less