Are quantum computing books becoming too theoretical for beginners?

[David74]

I wanted to get deeper into quantum computing but a lot of the material feels aimed at people who already have advanced physics backgrounds. Some of the classic recommendations are still amazing though. I recently picked up Quantum Computation and Quantum Information alongside Quantum Computing for Everyone, and then added Programming Quantum Computers and Quantum Machine Learning and Optimization in Finance. The strange thing is that the more expensive and academic the books get, the harder it becomes to separate useful practical knowledge from pure theory

[Inland Sienna]

The Nielsen and Chuang book is legendary but definitely not beginner friendly unless your math skills are already solid

[Omega]

Programming Quantum Computers was the first one that actually made the subject click for me

[Hollow Coder]

I think quantum computing content has a huge accessibility problem. Too many authors try to impress instead of teach

[Glenn]

Finance firms and AI companies are pushing quantum hype hard right now which is probably why these books keep getting more specialized