- Hardcover
- Publisher: Wiley; 3rd ed. edition (2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0471057002
- ISBN-13: 978-0471057000
- Product Dimensions: 18.4 x 1.9 x 25.4 cm
- Shipping Weight: 699 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #590,068 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Quantum theory grew out of an interplay of ground-breaking experiments and radical theoretical proposals that were not based on accepted classical physics. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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3.0 out of 5 stars
A good solid INTRODUCTION,
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This review is from: Quantum Physics, 2nd Edition (Hardcover)
People seem to expect a lot from an introductory book. However, this is seldomly seen in introductory textbooks. This book does give a solid introduction to quantum mechanics. Although it presents some of the topics poorly at times (especially the chapters after and including the one on abstract representation of states), it does cover them in a rather readible manner. A good thing about the book is that the author is not verbose. He quickly gets to the point, which can be seen from the short chapters of the book. It's not mathematically rigorous, however, it does expect the student to be comfortable with linear algebra. For mathematical rigor, I recommend Landau. Another recommended book is the one by Shankar.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Save it for later,
By A Customer
This review is from: Quantum Physics, 2nd Edition (Hardcover)
To call this an introductory text is ridiculous. We used it in my first quantum course and everyone hated it. I got another text from the library and stuck to that. This book is better suited as a reference for someone who is already familiar with quantum theory. If you use it to learn QM for the first time, it will leave you thinking that physics has nothing to do with physical reality at all, but rather with mathematical tricks. He almost never mentions the physical meaning of whats going on with the math. Very discouraging for the novice. If you want people to think you're smarter than you are, buy this book. Just don't tell them that you don't understand it either when they're flipping through it.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Do not buy this book, it is not worth [the money],
By A Customer
This review is from: Quantum Physics, 2nd Edition (Hardcover)
This book is so worthless it even fails as a door-stop (barely 500 pages). His absolutely poor mathematical treatment is only outshadowed by his the innumberable amount of typos. He attempts to cram all of quantum mechanics into a book that fits in your pocket and the only thing that happens when you pick it up, is you gain five pounds. Change your major, drop out, or find a new interest before buying this book. I recommend R. Liboff's "Introductory Quantum Mechanics" either 3rd or 4th edition.
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