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What's a good quantum mechanics book for beginners?

>> No.7426320

Fabric of the cosmos by Briane Greene

>> No.7427515

richard feynman has some good books on the subject

>> No.7427533

>>7426149
Griffiths is the babby-tier book of the subject, it's decent, but if you feel bored reading it maybe you should try Sakurai.

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>>7426149
I wish it had more examples, but I like how this one is laid out. So, if you're just wanting to read through something, this ain't bad.

>> No.7427584

Griffiths is the standard intro book, I've also seen "Introduction to Quantum Mechanics" by A.C Phillips recommended but I've never read it

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made learning the basics easy enough not so much the theory

Shankar does it well and griffiths

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This is one of the 4 books I used to somehow get an A in intro to quantum
Fuck that final was insane

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>>7429424

>> No.7429893

>>7426149
Griffith's " Introduction to quantum mechanics "
Grenier "Quantum mechanics: An introduction"

And as a bonus, but more for intermediate to advanced QM:
Grenier "Quantum mechanics: Symmetries"
Grenier "Quamtum mechanics: Special chapters"
Grenier "Relativistic quantum mechanics"

Those last two require some background in special relativity.

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>>7429886
Also this one

>> No.7429934

The new-ish one by Townsend is pretty good.

>> No.7429964

What about cohen-tannoudji?

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>>7426149

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>>7429965
this

>> No.7430020

>>7426149
If you know German, Wolfgang Nolting is very recommendable because he explains all the mathematics very well which is needed in a beginner's lecture. But I don't know if there's an English translation.

>> No.7430022

>>7429893
He's called 'Greiner'.

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if you want a more theoretical focus

>> No.7430572

>>7429965
nice joke

>> No.7431320

>>7430572
What's wrong with it?

>> No.7431324

>>7431320
Landau isn't for beginners?
It's a graduate level physics text.
>inb4 the "I was studying Landau in 5th grade" circlejerk

>> No.7431353

>>7431324
Oh right. Fair enough then.

>> No.7431449

If you want to get an understanding of it without maths, i would recommend:

Physics and philosophy - Heisenberg

>> No.7431599

>>7427612
>>7429424
ayyyy

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>>7429424
lol, more like this one faggot.

>> No.7432497

bombp

>> No.7432532

This one came out not long ago. Its format way better than griffiths' and it's much more comprehensible than shankar.

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>>7432532
forgot pic.

also, this one starts with dirac notation and stern-gerlach experiments. which i think is better than the convention of starting with a particle in a potentiel well.

>> No.7433377

>>7426320
Brian Greene and Michio Kaku both have some absolutely fantastic physics books. Theyre fun, relatable, and use examples you can wrap your head around. Theyre both brilliant writers.