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manjunath5496/Quantum-Computing-Books
"Quantum attention functions are the keys to quantum machine learning." ― Amit Ray
A flat dump of 58 quantum computing PDFs in a GitHub repo, titled with a vague quote about quantum attention functions that has nothing to do with the contents. It's a pirated book collection masquerading as a learning resource, aimed at anyone who wants a quantum computing reading list without paying for it.
The book selection is reasonably broad, covering introductory texts (Nielsen & Chuang, Aaronson's 'Quantum Computing since Democritus'), math-heavy foundations, and some applied titles like 'Practical Quantum Computing for Developers'. For someone who doesn't know where to start, having 58 titles in one place saves search time. A few of the included texts are genuinely good — Nielsen & Chuang (#20) is the standard reference, and 'Quantum Computing for Computer Scientists' (#24) is one of the more accessible entry points.
This is not a project — it's copyright infringement. Most of these PDFs are copyrighted books uploaded without permission, which makes the whole thing legally dubious and unlikely to be maintained or expanded. There's no curation: 58 books dumped in a folder with no annotations, difficulty ordering, or suggested reading paths, so a newcomer has no idea where to start. Last touched in 2020, so anything published since — including significant developments in quantum error correction and the Qiskit/PennyLane ecosystem — is absent. The repo description quote is meaningless fluff with no relation to the contents.