Very good book to learn LQG
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This is one of the few books that contains LQG.
(Many optimal control classes cover LQG, but there are not many books on the topic)

The book covers broad topics on multi-variable control.
The book is so compact, so it may not be detail enough to learn the material.
It is better for reference.

Even though it is brief, this is one of better books on LQG.
I tried "Optimal Control: Linear Quadratic Method" by Anderson,
  and it was ... just a mess.
Dorato's book is much easier to understand that Anderson's book.

If you need LQG, I strongly suggest this book.
If it is difficult, than supplement with "Optimal control" by Naidu.
104146
This is a great book for those wanting to learn Lisp.

In the first part of the book, when describing functions, the author stays away from Lisp and any real programming notation, using diagrams to show some of the fundamental concepts -- which are explained in such a clear way that everything become so obvious! Later he switches to Lisp, telling you it's a "different notation for the same ideas".

The text is always clear, short and right to the point.
235177
This book is fantastic.  Wonderfully clear and short enough to actually read.  I wish all science texts were like this.

A course in quantum mechanics is recommended.  It might not be necessary but I doubt much could be understood without some understanding of the physics behind the building blocks of the theory and what might be required in actually building a functioning quantum computer.  I know it's not necessary and someone who accepts the superposition of states easily could get through the book, but I don't think they would really have grokked the fullness (but for that matter nor do I).

The book builds up some basic QM and the actions of the various gates acting on a Qbit, then goes through several introductory problems to demonstrate how a quantum computer is capable of fundamentally different computations than its classical counterparts.  This works up to Shor's Algorithm (with a very nice demonstration of why it is robust to small errors in the phase), Grover's search, and Quantum Error Correction.

The appendices are also full of some of the best explanations I have ever read for many small calculations, tools, and puzzles.  Bell states, GHZ, and other examples of quantum weirdness are covered well and it drives home the point that the most fundamental aspects of QM are easily illustrated without the bookkeeping associated with infinite dimensional Hilbert spaces.
3075394
This is really good coding book. I only thing I don't like about it is the answers are with the exercises. But it very helpful book.
3226181
Well written and well organized covers all of the important algorithms. I have Robert Sedgewick's two prior books Algorithms in C. This book is much easier to understand and present much simpler manner. I bought this as way of preparing for interviews and it is helping me a lot. At the end of the day It is not hard to impress Google. Amazon and FB engineers at interviews when you are well prepared.
4742187
Very good book on Lr5. Scott Kelby takes you step by step through Lr5, in a very clear and organized manner.
4524664
Enjoyed the book while crossreading other QM books. Nice mathematical introduction.
Especially a good chapter on measurement, finite, infinite Hilbert Space, unbound and bound operators
1767220
This is a very good book that lays out the fundamentals of quantum mechanics and special/general relativity and moves on to string theory and how they relate to each other. I am mostly favorable of this book because it is so well thought out, logical and indepth. It more or less goes over the history of how string theory has been formed and the advances that have been made over the last few decades in a very logical manner. He goes just enough into each advance to get an understanding using various allegories to illustrate whats going on. You'll get used to phrases like 'its pretty hard to visualize a three-dimensional object so we'll go with a two-dimensional object' and so forth. He often points out the challenges and criticisms of string theory as well which is refreshing as well. This book goes just enough into string theory that you'll want to research it on a more advanced level. Be prepared to have to reference some sections and/or read the book again because I did feel like, while I somewhat (somewhat) understood many of the concepts, I couldn't even begin to explain to somewhat what exactly I read as there are so many different aspects of string theory that are very complex. Nonetheless, I highly recommend this to anyone who is even remotely interested in advanced theoretical physics.
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This book is really good at explaining the concepts in physics while deriving all the equations in a comprehensible way. The previous book that I have read is University Physics 13th Edition by Young and Freedman, it was good but there are times when the explanations and derivations are a bit unsatisfactory because it lacks detail, that is why I tried to search for other books to explain and derive things clearly. Since then, I found this book and was really satisfied by the approach and teaching style.
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Loved this book!  This was the book I chose when starting to tangle, based on all of the positive reviews on Amazon, and they were not wrong.  It has 6 weeks of Zentangle activities, and gives a lot of "bang for the buck."  It taught me the basics, as well as really great, interesting, complex looking tangles, that didn't look like a beginner drew them.  I have since had every Zentangle book known to man from the public library, and this is one that I am glad I own. I didn't do some of the later projects, because I learned some color through other books.  This is a book I will refer to for a long while.  Really happy with it!
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I just received this book in the mail and was hoping for a good addition to my DSP library. This book is really good, I have flipped through the pages and note how clear the examples are. The M-Files actually explain which equation is being referenced in the MATLAB examples. I recommend this book after you study DSP basics such as DFT and FFT etc. This book jumps right into Fourier Analysis and might be a challenge for a beginner. At the same time the beginners book will cover the basics well and leave you hanging after the elementary phase is over; now where do you go. This book will be the next phase as it's complete with MATLAB-Simulink flows which you will need to learn MATLAB alone and you get a bonus of advanced DSP understanding; so you get a double leaning curve. The M-Files can be obtained from the publisher which I received in one day after my book arrived. I'm very happy - Thanks
4234017
Finally a book for people who want to understand QM, but don't want to go down to full blown QM-math.
Finally a book which does not just skim over the surface, trying to make QM look like a magic that only QM wizards can understand.
I got tired of books and movies that try to make QM look like a animation show which we can't understand.

But also as some other mentioned after the Schrodinger equation is introduced the explanations of the math got a bit "murky", much harder to grasp. The author expect the reader to know much more than he expected him to know in the previous chapters.
1311744
I wanted to learn GR, and had to do it by myself. This book did it for me; it's clear, easy to follow, and does what I would look for in a teacher: it explains. I recommend that you acquire some knowledge of tensor calculus  before reading it, but the book will fill all the rest.
304710
"Very good for the target audience" - I think this sums it all. If you are someone who has not done active maths for some time now, and therefore does not remember the concepts involved very well, this is the book for you. This I will say holds true for most of the books of the Manhattan Quant series.
The Manhattan Quant series books cover the concepts only to the degree that gets asked in the GMAT, and do not overwhelm you.
Plus, as each of the Manhattan books then turns to the Official Guide for practice, each of the books has a section where the appropriate questions for that topic are numbered from the OG. They also detail the toughest of the lot from OG. Here I think the book is useful for anyone, irrespective of the personal comfort level with maths.
Therefore if you are true to yourself and practice the questions marked from OG as you go along, this would prove to an excellent resource for cracking the quant part of the GMAT.
520641
Very good beginners book and highly recommended.
396515
Taking a subject like Quantum Mechanics and explaining what it is all about is a difficult task. The author has achieved that difficult task without the use of equations and symbols. When I first started reading the book my initial impression was that it was going to be a whole bunch of philosophical mumbo jumbo. By the time I finished reading it (it took me a couple of months), I was very much impressed with Gary Zukav's ability to cover all the major aspects of quantum mechanics and in covering the contributions of the physicists behind quantum theory in an easy to understand language without having to resort to equations and symbols. My only gripe about the book is that every chapter is numbered as chapter 1 in order to make some point about Chinese philosophers. Many people are used to keeping track of which chapter they have read or are reading by remembering chapter numbers. But using a bookmark solved that problem for me.
200681
Very good supplemental book with tons of Matlab code (fully working simulations) and good explanations with lots of illustrations and plots.