Ben Waber reviewed Quanta and Fields by Sean Carroll (The Biggest Ideas in the Universe)
An Accessible Intermediate Book
5 stars
For those with some college-level mathematical grounding and an introductory knowledge of physics this book provides an excellent entry point to understanding of quantum physics and fields. Given the importance of both for understanding potential advances in technology and the world more broadly, it's hard to ask for better than this up to date book. This book isn't for total novices, though, so if you're interested in this topic you might want to pick up another book on calculus concepts, and possibly introductory physics. Beyond that, this book doesn't get into the engineering challenges inherent in quantum computing, which are extremely central to the space today, so if that's your interest I would look elsewhere. Highly recommend
For those with some college-level mathematical grounding and an introductory knowledge of physics this book provides an excellent entry point to understanding of quantum physics and fields. Given the importance of both for understanding potential advances in technology and the world more broadly, it's hard to ask for better than this up to date book. This book isn't for total novices, though, so if you're interested in this topic you might want to pick up another book on calculus concepts, and possibly introductory physics. Beyond that, this book doesn't get into the engineering challenges inherent in quantum computing, which are extremely central to the space today, so if that's your interest I would look elsewhere. Highly recommend