Student's Guide to the Schroedinger Equation: The Periphrastic Perfect through History

This is an amazing introduction to QM. As always Dan Fleisch writes with incredible clarity. This book is another great addition to the Student's Guide series. The only drawbacks are : 1. The hard copy is overpriced 2. The kindle edition runs only in the latest versions and therefore those with older kindle devices will not find it useful

El libro está muy bien, y no da por supuesto nada.

Two chapters in and I'm more confident in my understanding of quantum mechanics than with any other primer I've looked at. Topics covered so far include kets, bras, Hilbert spaces, operators (including the "projection operators" which I've previously struggled to understand) and expectation values. The author cleverly works in algebraic manipulation of Dirac vectors bit by bit so you almost don't realise you're learning it. He introduces the "matrix" and "continuous function" versions of quantum mechanics side-by-side so you see exactly how they are equivalent. The book constantly gives you hints as to why each mathematical topic will become relevant to quantum mechanics so that you always have an eye on the big picture. Unlike many books on the subject, this one is not overly concise. The author takes the time and trouble to expand and complete most calculations with as many intermediate steps as needed to make things completely clear. Worthy of mention are the supporting materials found on the book's website. Each section of every chapter has its own short video with the author picking up the main themes and adding embellishments here and there. I've found these invaluable. Also useful are the fully-worked out solutions to the exercises at the end of each chapter. These can be viewed in hint-by-hint or full-solution forms. You'll need mathematics to A-level standard in specific topics (calculus, matrices, vectors) which of course is to be expected for this subject, but the author presents refreshers on each topic where necessary.

Muy buen complemento para tus estudios de física cuántica.

highly readable and clear explanation. Highly recommend

I won't lie. If you're a physics student (for university, or you're an amateur and are serious about learning some quantum mechanics 4 fun), START by reading this book. It will help you SO much to get beyond barriers that you'd encounter if you "started" learning it at uni. It breaks down bra-ket notation so simply, has EXAMPLES including DETAILED solutions, there's not much more you can ask for. It lays a perfect foundation for understanding this topic.