TY - BOOK AU - Coecke,Bob AU - Kissinger,Aleks TI - Picturing quantum processes: a first course in quantum theory and diagrammatic reasoning SN - 9781107104228 (hardback ; alk. paper) U1 - 530.12 23 PY - 2017/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press, KW - Quantum theory KW - Quantum computing KW - Symbolic and mathematical logic N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Introduction -- 2. Guide to reading this textbook -- 3. Processes as diagrams -- 4. String diagrams -- 5. Hilbert space from diagrams -- 6. Quantum processes -- 7. Quantum measurement -- 8. Picturing classical-quantum processes -- 9. Picturing phases and complementarity -- 10. Quantum theory: the full picture -- 11. Quantum foundations -- 12. Quantum computation -- 13. Quantum resources -- 14. Quantomatic N2 - In this book, quantum phenomena are explained through the language of diagrams, setting out an innovative method of presenting complex scientific theories ER -