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06 Mar 2005 01:34:54 AM |
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Best Introductory Quantum Mechanics Book? |
Hi, I'm an undergraduate in College and I'm looking for a book to
supplement the Griffiths Introduction to Quantum Mechanics book. I
find the book is a bit too concise for my tastes and makes a lot of
assumptions as to the mathematical knowledge of the reader. I'm
wondering is there any other book that might be a bit more help?
I've heard rave reviews about Shankar and was wondering, is this the
kind of book I'm looking for? I want a book that can build up from
the foundations and concepts to one who isn't especially well versed
in the maths, but willing to learn. Thanks!
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| User: "David Macmanus" |
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| Title: Re: Best Introductory Quantum Mechanics Book? |
07 Mar 2005 06:03:25 AM |
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"pedroish" <peterc@berkeley-dot-edu.no-spam.invalid> wrote in message
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Hi, I'm an undergraduate in College and I'm looking for a book to
supplement the Griffiths Introduction to Quantum Mechanics book. I
find the book is a bit too concise for my tastes and makes a lot of
assumptions as to the mathematical knowledge of the reader. I'm
wondering is there any other book that might be a bit more help?
I've heard rave reviews about Shankar and was wondering, is this the
kind of book I'm looking for? I want a book that can build up from
the foundations and concepts to one who isn't especially well versed
in the maths, but willing to learn. Thanks!
Sounds like you want to avoid all the 'weirdness' stuff and get stuck
into the equations of QM. I never found the perfect book for this and I
doubt it
exists, but 'Understanding Quantum Mechanics by Morrison and
'Quantum Physics' by French and Taylor are fairly gentle. Unfortunately
Morrison is not cheap, at least in hardback. I've not seen Shankar so
wouldn't like to comment. Good luck (you'll need it).
David.
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| User: "John T Lowry" |
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| Title: Re: Best Introductory Quantum Mechanics Book? |
07 Mar 2005 12:41:40 PM |
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"pedroish" <peterc@berkeley-dot-edu.no-spam.invalid> wrote in message
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Hi, I'm an undergraduate in College and I'm looking for a book to
supplement the Griffiths Introduction to Quantum Mechanics book. I
find the book is a bit too concise for my tastes and makes a lot of
assumptions as to the mathematical knowledge of the reader. I'm
wondering is there any other book that might be a bit more help?
I've heard rave reviews about Shankar and was wondering, is this the
kind of book I'm looking for? I want a book that can build up from
the foundations and concepts to one who isn't especially well versed
in the maths, but willing to learn. Thanks!
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I suggest you look at Marvin Chester's "Primer of Quantum Mechanics"
because it focuses fairly hard on a relatively simple subset of quantum
phenomena. It's a $20 Dover book.
John Lowry, PhD
Flight Physics
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| User: "Gregory L. Hansen" |
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| Title: Re: Best Introductory Quantum Mechanics Book? |
06 Mar 2005 08:18:14 AM |
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In article <422ab29e$1_1@127.0.0.1>,
pedroish <peterc@berkeley-dot-edu.no-spam.invalid> wrote:
Hi, I'm an undergraduate in College and I'm looking for a book to
supplement the Griffiths Introduction to Quantum Mechanics book. I
find the book is a bit too concise for my tastes and makes a lot of
assumptions as to the mathematical knowledge of the reader. I'm
wondering is there any other book that might be a bit more help?
I've heard rave reviews about Shankar and was wondering, is this the
kind of book I'm looking for? I want a book that can build up from
the foundations and concepts to one who isn't especially well versed
in the maths, but willing to learn. Thanks!
I'm not really sure what kind of book you're looking for, but I like
Shankar. He's self-contained in the sense that everything needed, beyond
basic calculus, is in there, with chapter 1 being a mathematical
introduction. I don't know how much good that would do you if you find
Griffiths too concise. I've also been impressed that Shankar introduces
the material the right way, which is something I'd appreciated less when I
was taking the QM classes and more when I went back to it for insights
relating to quantum field theory.
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"There's nary an animal alive that can outrun a greased Scotsman!" --
Groundskeeper Willy
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| User: "PD" |
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| Title: Re: Best Introductory Quantum Mechanics Book? |
06 Mar 2005 07:48:23 AM |
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pedroish wrote:
Hi, I'm an undergraduate in College and I'm looking for a book to
supplement the Griffiths Introduction to Quantum Mechanics book. I
find the book is a bit too concise for my tastes and makes a lot of
assumptions as to the mathematical knowledge of the reader. I'm
wondering is there any other book that might be a bit more help?
I've heard rave reviews about Shankar and was wondering, is this the
kind of book I'm looking for? I want a book that can build up from
the foundations and concepts to one who isn't especially well versed
in the maths, but willing to learn. Thanks!
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It depends on what you're trying to learn.
If you are trying to learn ABOUT quantum mechanics without learning HOW
TO DO quantum mechanics, there are lots of books about "quantum
weirdness" that talk about the foundations of QM conceptually. However,
you'll learn less than those books will lead you to believe.
If you are trying to learn HOW TO DO quantum mechanics, you will have
to become familiar with partial differential equations, unfortunately.
No way around it.
To gain practice with that, I suggest starting with a 2nd year E&M
book.
PD
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