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This widely adopted undergraduate-level text applies quantum mechanics to a broad range of chemical and physical problems, covering such subjects as wave functions for the hydrogen atom, perturbation theory, the Pauli exclusion principle and the structure of simple and complex molecules. With numerous tables and figures. Index.
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(Still) An Excellent Quantum Mechanics Book
This is an introductory quantum mechanics book that focuses exclusively on how this new (at the time this book was written) mechanics clarifies the nature of chemical bonds. By focusing on this problem this book is able to provide a simplified treatment of quantum mechanics as unbound electron states can be excluded. The treatment is further simplified by ingoring all magnetic effects such as spin-orbit coupling. By doing so, even more simplifcation is permitted in the form of an extremely elementary treatment of spin, basically up or down. As such there are no spinors or Pauli matrices anywhere in this work. Finally, relativistic effects are neglected as well.

The introductory chapters provide a brief review of pertinent ideas in classical mechanics and then present the essential elements of the orginal Sommerfield quantum mechanics. This is useful to students as this theory is often used in examples and is interesting historically. These chapters culminate in a detailed chapter on the electron wave functions for the hydrogen atom which includes a table of these functions as well as graphs so the student can spend some time really getting to know them. That's a good thing as they are heavily relied upon through the rest of the book, and this book is filled with useful and helpful tables and figures such as these.

Next are two chapters on approximation methods. Time independent perturbation theory and the variational method are emphasized, and both are used heavily and extremely illuminatingly in the remainder of the text. The use of these tools was one of my favorite things about this book.

This is an excellent text and I would suggest a student of quantum mechanics read it early, certainly before Dirac. Whether or not it is suitable as a first text on the subject is a different matter. This book provides extremely poor motivation (as in none) for Schordinger's equation, simply introducing it in an entirely postulatory manner. This was a difficult pill for me to swallow pedagocically, but it definitely simplifies the treatment as there is no need to discuss Fourier transforms for instance as is necessary in The Principles of Statistical Mechanics for example.

For the serious student of quantum chemistry, this book may well be considered only a meager and dated introduction, but it is excellent nonetheless. And any early stage student of quantum theory should find this book highly profitable reading.

Pauling and wilson's grand quantum mechanics intro
Quantum mechanics with application to chemistry is a very old book, but because of its excellence, refuses to go away. The roots of quantum mechanics in analytical classical mechanics, are covered, which chemists are rather unfamiliar with. The book is usually used in advanced physical chemistry courses, very seldom for physicists. Although the classical mechanics background is unnecessary for physicists, the precise and lucid description of the mathematics of the solution of Shroedingerr's equation is superior to any physics text.There is nothing to be improved on here, but later sections of the book should be updated to encompass more recent work.
Roger S Fager

Excellent introduction to QM for Chemists
This book covers all the basics about Quantum Mechanics for Chemists. I highly recommend it for all Chemist Students.

One Of The Best Quantum Texts
Don't let anyone tell you quantum mechanics is easy because it isn't. It is the hardest subject anyone can even attempt to learn. In my experience most books are written by people who are too brilliant and use maths which is too advanced for the average non-brilliant person to understand. This book is one of the best simple introductions to quantum mechanics I have read. Yes there is a lot of hard maths but let me assure you it is one book you should have on your bookshelf when you get totally lost and need to start again.

John

Pauling
This is the best ever text in quantum mechanics. Every one which intents start in this field should read this book. It contains all the elementary steps to understand this difficult field in a language and in such detail which is not found any more in the modern books. ... Read more

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'...every page shows evidence of great mastery of the subject.' Trans. Faraday Society'this book is destined to play a major part in the future education of theoretical physicists.'Proceedings of the Physical SocietyThis edition has been completely
revised to include some 20% of new material. Important recent developments such as the theory of Regge poles are now included. Many problems with solutions have been added to those already contained in the book.
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Masterly treatment of the subject
This is a very good book on non-relativistic quantum mechanics by an acknowledged master of theoretical physics. Almost every sentence is meaningful and well thought out. However this book is not meant for a novice who wishes to study the subject for the first time. Landau's unique perspectives on this subject (as well as others in his famous Course of Theoretical Physics) is best appreciated by physicists who are well versed in their disciplines. The reader should also be aware that recent developments such as quantum entanglement and quantum computation are not in the book. All in all, a very good book to add to your physics collection.

Excellent theoretical course
Thiswonderful course of theoretical physics is written by outstanding scientists and is deep and clear. It gives you the opportunity not only to become acquainted withthe basic problems of quantum mechanics but also tofeel what is physical intuition and method of theoretical thinking. Theability ofunderstandingthe essense of the problem and makingqualitative estimations (simple numerically but working pretty well) is thecharacteristic feature of Landau school. ... Read more

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This didactically unrivalled textbook and timeless reference by Nobel Prize Laureate Claude Cohen-Tannoudji separates essential underlying principles of quantum mechanics from specific applications and practical examples and deals with each of them in a different section. Chapters emphasize principles; complementary sections supply applications. The book provides a qualitative introduction to quantum mechanical ideas; a systematic, complete and elaborate presentation of all the mathematical tools and postulates needed, including a discussion of their physical content and applications.
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Comprehensive, math-oriented, and complete.
This book is perfect for those who truly want to master the inner workings of quantum mechanics. The book provides the basic understanding of the chapter topic first, then gives you about 5-10 undergraduate to graduate level supplements that complete the understanding. All of the concepts are explained with a very precise, and correct mathematical formalism that is usually left out in physics books. You may still need a pure math book in analysis to completely understand the math (I recommend the green rudin) but this book provides everything you need to understand quantum mechanics.

Great for very ambitious undergraduate students, and very appropriate for anybody else who needs a complete treatment of quantum mechanics.

Well worth the purchase.

If you're very serious about being a theoretician or mathematical physicist, and want a firm grasp of the math, then consult these math books:

Linear Algebra by David C. Lay
-Diagonalizable matrices and how they relate to a basis for the space the matrix is in.
-All the basic linear algebra applies to infinite dimensional spaces in quantum mechanics.

Complex Analysis by Walter Rudin.
-For hilbert space and inner product space understanding.
-Basic Lebesgue intergral understanding (sums are also lebesque integrals, which can be confusing when talking about square integratible space)

Functional Analysis by Walter Rudin.
-Describes event dual space fairly well.

Expensive
Yeah, books are great, got to me really fast, in mint condition. But they are a kinda expensive...

The Best Book on Quantum Mechanics
This book is a must for anyone wanting to learn quantum mechanics as well as for the researcher. It is deeply rigorous and yet particularly clear and enlightening.

For the student using this as a textbook I will say :

The authors start with the very foundation of the theory both on the mathematical and conceptual levels, something which is widely omitted by other textbooks on quantum mechanics. They are never stingy with words in stark contrast with many books on the subject. Every single result is derived in a clear, concise and compact form, and the most important concepts are all well chosen and contained within the chapters. For those wanting to get detailed account of particular examples, they will find all they look for in the appendices. This chapter/ appendix structure allows to get the essential in the main body of the text without skippingtoo much. The book will bring you from basic mathematical knowledge (really not much is required) to a solid understanding of quantum mechanics, its methods and peculiarities. Everything presented in the book is relevant for students in any domain of quantum physics, thus making the book well worth its (high) price.

For those wanting to deepen their knowledge, or simply have a reference on the general framework of the theory I will say :

This book contains all the general features of the theory and if you look for something that you don't find in it, then it is simply beyond the scope of introductory books (i.e. a book on the particular subject is really what is adapted). The rigorousness of the book make it invaluable when it comes to get back to the fundamental meaning of certain relations. It is also a remarkable depository of methods for general quantum physics (i.e. applicable to all fields of quantum physics), the formulas and considered example will often pop-up in your work.To conclude I note that being a researcher (theorist) I regularly come back to the book will the same delight again and again.

Therefore I put 5 stars simply because 6 or more is not possible.

Hard to beat
This is probably the best book on quantum mechanics ever written, from a pedagogical standpoint. It leaves no stones unturned. Cohen works out tons of examples in exquisite details, like no one does. His presentation style is clear and complete. He makes extensive use of perturbation theory, so if you read this book, you will become an expert at it. He covers atoms, molecules, solids, gases, I don't see what else could be included in an introductory text. This book really show his mastery of the topic. My only complaint is that the book is rather long, the discussions are long, and it's not a quick read. But I don't think this was the intent when he wrote it. He meant it as a comprehensive introduction, and he did a great job at it. 5 stars. I would give 6 stars if I could. Another possible complaint is that the book doesn't cover 2nd quantization, but this is almost never done in an introductory book anyways, so this is not a valid complaint either. A 3rd complaint is the book doesn't cover path integrals, but again, this is never considered introductory material and therefore is normally left out of an introductory exposition. For those topics not covered, excellent textbooks already exist (for example, Cohen-Tannoudji's books on quantum electrodynamics, or any of the recent books on condensed matter field theory will cover the above-mentioned topics)

poor packaging, ok book
I was disappointed with the packaging they sent the book in.It was only wrapped in paper on two ends, and the paper had ripped open so the book was barely in its package by the time it showed up in my mailbox.Somehow, the book was still in decent shape despite its packaging.

The book itself is highly technical, not a very easy read, but very thorough in dealing with the many facets of quantum mechanics. ... Read more

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Relativistic Quantum Mechanics. Wave Equations concentrates mainly on the wave equations for spin-0 and spin-1/2 particles. Chapter 1 deals with the Klein-Gordon equation and its properties and applications. The chapters that follow introduce the Dirac equation, investigate its covariance properties and present various approaches to obtaining solutions. Numerous applications are discussed in detail, including the two-center Dirac equation, hole theory, CPT symmetry, Klein's paradox, and relativistic symmetry principles. Chapter 15 presents the relativistic wave equations for higher spin (Proca, Rarita-Schwinger, and Bargmann-Wigner). The extensive presentation of the mathematical tools and the 62 worked examples and problems make this a unique text for an advanced quantum mechanics course. This third edition has been slightly revised to bring the text up-to-date. ... Read more

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many typos and mistakes
This book is well written. Detail explanation is given for derivation step by step. There is space in the pages to take notes for your understandings.

There has been good discussions in previous reviews. I add some more aspects.

I went through all the pages and detected many typos and mistakes. Some are difficult to find such as page 210 and 288.

The book is self contained and will be good practice. However, I suggest to have someone to work on this book together. It may bejust due to a typo even if you don't follow a context.

Comment
A word of caution, esp. in light of Alberto's review:There is no consistent "relativistic quantum wave mechanics"; there is only relativistic quantum field theory.Greiner's approach is archaic.Atomic physicists, who generally deal with only nonrelativistic electrons and nuclei, must use quantum field theory for the electromagnetic field.(See any modern book on quantum optics.)It is not just particle physicists who need field theory, and the fact that you can come away thinking otherwise is an unfortunate consequence of Greiner's old-fashioned approach.

Outstanding presentation - My highest recommendation
This book is THE book to use for any graduate quantum mechanics course. Most graduate programs in the country make the mistake of rushing their graduate QM courses into quantum field theory. This decision is made possible only by sacrificing the advanced non-relativistic QM (say, at the level of Schiff) and introductory relativistic QM (at the level of this book) that is necessary in order to really understand QFT.

This book fights that trend by covering in detail the topics that are thrown by the wayside in the traditional coverage, spending (investing?) page after page on topics that barely merit an exercise or a footnote in more traditional treatements. As just one example, Dirac's equation is solved for the square potential well and for the hydrogenic atom in full detail, without resorting to the usual "standard methods can be used to show that..."

This book is not a replacement to Bjorken & Drell or Itzykson & Zuber; what it does (and does well) is to cover the material that those books don't cover properly (or at all) because their mission is a different one. It belongs on the bookshelf of every physicist or physics student who was denied the opportunity to really master this material before jumping into quantum field theory. They can self-teach it using this book; I did.

The only serious issues with the book are the very large number of typos (but the reader who is following the discussion will have no problem spotting these) and the poor binding from which pages fall out after heavy use (and you will be giving the book a lot of use).

mathematically clear instructive textbook.
this is a part of greiner's theoretical physics series.this physics series have been used as a standard textbook in many schools, and its original german editions have been educating generations of germanphysicists.except for some problem in the translations, this physicsseries is excellent. ... Read more

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The use of visualization techniques greatly enhances the understanding of quantum mechanics as it allows us to depict phenomena that cannot be seen by any other means. "Visual Quantum Mechanics" uses the computer generated animations found on the accompanying CD-ROM to introduce, motivate, and illustrate the concepts explained in the book. For example, by watching QuickTime movies of the solutions of Schroedinger's equation, students will be able to develop afeeling for the behavior of quantum mechanical systems that cannot be gained by conventional means.

While there are other books on the market that use Mathematica and Maple to teach quantum mechanics, this book differs in that the text describes the mathematical and physical ideas of quantum mechanics in the conventional manner, with no special emphasis on computational physics or the requirement that the reader know a symbolic computation package or Mathematica. In this book, instead, the computer is used to provide easy access to a large collection of animated illustrations, interactive pictures, and lots of supplementary materials. "Visual Quantum Mechanics" takes a mathematical rather than a physical approach to quantum mechanics, and includes results more typical in more advanced books but which are more comprehensible via visualization. Despite the presentations of advanced results, the book requires only calculus, and the book will fill the gap between classical quantum mechanics texts and mathematically advanced books.This book along with its accompanying CD-ROM, which contains over 300 digital movies, form a complete introductory course on spinless particles in one and two dimensions. There is a second book in development which will cover such topics as spherical symmetry in three dimensions, the hydrogen atom, scattering theory and resonances, periodic potentials, particles with spin, an relativistic problems (the Dirac equation). ... Read more

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Highly recommended!
This is the best quantum mechanics book I know! It explains quantum mechanics in a very understandable way (well, at least for a physics student). The explanations are just better than elsewhere, and its easier to follow the mathematical derivations. There are no unfair remarks like 'it is easy to see that..', etc. Now I can understand quantum mechanics much better. The movies are just great. The CD-ROM alone is worth the price (unfortunately it works only for Windows and Macintosh, not for Linux). In particular, I liked the section about one-dimensional scattering theory. Here the movies and the text fit together in an optimal way. If you can only afford one book about quantum mechanics, buy this one. Unfortunately, this book is only the first part of the story. The web site tells me that the next book will describe the hydrogen atom, the Dirac equation, and quantum information. I am growing impatient. What am I going to do until the second book appears?

it's not that complicated
This is a great combination: Many diagrams, animations and so on on the CD-ROM, which are not just to look at, but you can modify parameters and interact with some of them, which is great for understanding and the book with the theoretical background to everything you can see an the CD-ROM and more. You should be fimilar with higher mathematics (complex numbers and stuff) if you really want to understand the complicated-looking mathematical background, but the CD-ROM shows that the core of the whole Quantum-Mechanic-Thing seems to be very natural (what a surprise). This book is an excellent approach to this topic - take a glance. ... and for those, who are not interested in QM-theory: the animations are very colorful and fine to look at ;) ... Read more

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As Alastair Rae points out in his introduction, “quantum physics is not rocket science”. It may have gained a reputation as the theory that no one really understands, but its practical applications are all around us in everyday life. If it were not for quantum physics, computers would not function, metals would not conduct electricity, and the power stations that heat our homes would not produce energy. Assuming no prior scientific or mathematical knowledge, this clear and concise introduction provides a step-by-step guide to quantum theory, right from the very basic principles to the most cutting-edge developments, such as super-fast computers and unbreakable codes, which could soon become reality. Finally, Rae turns to the philosophical questions posed by quantum physics and asks: if Einstein was wrong and God really does play dice, what are the consequences of this for the way we view ourselves and our relation to the world? Written by one of the most respected authors in the field, this authoritative and readable guide will be suitable for anyone wishing to gain a clearer understanding of one of the key scientific discoveries of our time. ... Read more

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BEST book I ever read in my life
This is the Motherbook of all books.
I have been waiting for this book all my life.

quantum physics
I bought this book due to my interest in quantum physics after hearing about 'passion from a distance' which is Bell's theorum.The intelligence is passed on very simply but I have found that I need to read the book in short spurts in order to take in the information.As yet I have not finished the book but feel sure I shall learn from it.I must add that I didnt do physics at college so am a complete novice.

Good companion for another intro book
Like most introductory books in this area, it really helps to have some prior background.It makes some small leaps in places that will leave true beginners feeling a little lost.As an introduction, I'd rate this book lower than "The Quantum World ..." by Kenneth Ford, but it would make a nice companion to it because this book goes into additional depth in specific areas such as conductors, insulators, semiconductors and superconductors.

A good place to start
Overall, I definitely got what I wanted out of this book.For those of you who want a mathy approach to the subject, this is probably not the book for you.I know very little about the subject, so I wanted a book that would enable me to get a big picture so I could tell if a certain aspect of quantum physics interests me.This book serves that function well.

No direct reflection on the author, but there are a number of significant numerical errors in the first chapter or so.They are almost certainly due to poor typesetting, I'm sure the author can tear up the math.

Not that good
Though the book is Ok, after reading Isaacs Asimov "Understanding Phisics" I expected more clarity from this book. ... Read more

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This book presents the first comprehensive exposition of the interpretation of quantum mechanics pioneered by Louis de Broglie and David Bohm. The purpose is to explain how quantum processes may be visualized without ambiguity or confusion in terms of a simple physical model. Dr. Holland develops the idea that a material system such as an electron is a particle guided by a surrounding quantum wave. He examines the classic phenomena of quantum theory in order to show how the spacetime orbits of an ensemble of particles can reproduce the statistical quantum predictions. The book will therefore appeal to all physicists with an interest in the foundations of their discipline. ... Read more

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A good starting point
This book can serve as a good primer on the theory. It has many strong points and a few weaknesses. It's very good at explaining the postulates and assumptions that are the basis of the theory and comparing them with the traditional approach, without to much fuss with philosophy. It has several chapters with examples worked out in detail that I found really illuminating: even if the theory is ultimately found to be wrong, these examples will give the feeling to really visualise many quantum phenomena and to be able to deeply understand them, something which was much more difficult in the traditional approach. This is real fun for a physicist who has been using traditional quantum mechanics for years and remembers his early frustrations with the formalism. It convinced me that any course on quantum mechanics should include a short description of Bohm-de Broglie with a couple of examples.
Among the weaknesses, it seems to me that the maths used to derive the quantum statistics in chapter 3 contains several errors. Also, the relativistic version of the theory is a bit sketchy, although in my opinion this theory demands a much deeper investigation in the relativistic context. This weakness may be inherent to de Broglie-Bohm theory and is already present in Bohm's and de Broglie's works. I think there is a tendency in the research in this field since de Broglie, which this book inherits partially: spend too much energy to convince of the validity of the theory, instead of using it to derive useful results. But forget the weaknesses and enjoy the chapters with QM examples.

best on pilot wave to date
I prefer this one to Bohm's _Undivided Universe_. The exposition is clearer, and it does well without any super-speculative, cloudy ending. The virtue of the de Broglie-Bohm pilot wave is unmistakable here: realstat-mech type probabilities (which many-worlds can't get) emerging withoutany special postulate for the universe going on strike when a"measurement" occurs (which Copenhagen can't get rid of). Othergood stuff here too; e.g., take your pick: Bohmize the Pauli equation, theDirac equation, or an alternative treatment of spin coming from a quantumpotential for the rigid rotator.

excellent
An excellent book that covers the hidden variables (which are actually the measured variables)interpertation as advanced by deBroglie and Bohm.This book carries this furthur and completes the theory in an understandablemanner. It helps the reader to accept the possiblity of a field in 3Ndimensional space. Once this is done things fall into place. It covers themain topics such as EPR, the measurement problem, and shows how theshifting boundary between the quantum world and the macro worldvanishes.

It is written for physicists, but I was able to muddle throughthe math with a fairly limited background. The verbage is excellent and socan be read by philosophers without missing the main points.

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KEY BENEFIT: Robert Scherrer's text provides a uniquely accessible and thorough introduction to quantum mechanics for readers. Scherrer carefully develops a solid foundation by recapping on the required math and other basic concepts before developing all the major more advanced topics. The Origins of Quantum Mechanics, The Problem with Blackbody Radiation, Math Interlude A: Complex Numbers and Linear Operators, The Schrödinger Equation, One-Dimensional Time-Independent, Math Interlude B: Linear Algebra,  The Three-Dimensional Time-Independent, Math Interlude C: Matrices, Dirac Notation, and the Dirac Delta Function, Spin Angular Momentum, Time-Independent Perturbation Theory, The Variational Principle, Time-Dependent Perturbation Theory, Scattering Theory, The Multiparticle Schrödinger Equation, Some Modern Applications of Quantum Mechanics, What Comes Next? Relativistic Quantum Mechanics KEY MARKET: For all readers interested in quantum mechanics.

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The material for these volumes has been selected from 20 years of examination questions for graduate students at the University of California at Berkeley, Columbia University, University of Chicago, MIT, SUNY at Buffalo, Princeton University and the University of Wisconsin. ... Read more

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revista
I'm glad to pursache this book of problems of quantum mechanics because it is a great variety of them from varios universitys. Thank you.

A Treasure
All of these books titled "Problems and Solutions on (subject): Major American Universities Ph.D. Qualifying Questions and Solutions" are invaluable tools for a physics graduate student, in my experience.For quantum mechanics in particular, solved problems often illustrate difficult concepts better than any explanatory paragraph in a text.

Criticism: Sparse index and contents.You'll find yourself adding notes to pages in the book quite often.

If you are a student in physics, I suggest that you get your hands on these books.

An excellent handbook on the subject
Sometimes it is very difficult to teach a course in quantum mechanics because there are few problems that have solutions that do not require months of research and numerical methods to solve. I have found that in my own courses on quantum mechanics, I take a lot of notes and I do a lot of homework assignments, but I don't have a whole lot of concrete, well-explained problems and solutions to show for all of the work.Since I found this book and those that accompany it, however, I have a very good source for problems and their solutions in QM.These problems are an excellent study aid for the solutions provide insight into the basics of the field.Strongly recommended.

The Editor Needs Glasses
I study physics in Chile, and this book has been pretty useful for a first course in QM, but I have to note that the first 170 pages are titled "Problems and Solutions on Electromagnetism"! I hope someone gets word to the editor....

Other than that, I'm pretty sure this book will find a place on your private shelf. ... Read more

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Quantum Mechanics for Chemists is designed to provide chemistry undergraduates with a basic understanding of the principles of quantum mechanics. The text assumes some knowledge of chemical bonding and a familiarity with the qualitative aspects of molecular orbitals in molecules such as butadine and benzene. Thus it is intended to follow a basic course in organic and/or inorganic chemistry.

The approach is rather different from that adopted in most books on quantum chemistry in that the Schrödinger wave equation is introduced at a fairly late stage, after students have become familiar with the application of de Broglie-type wavefunctions to free particles and particles in a box.  Likewise, the Hamiltonian operator and the concept of eigenfunctions and eigenvalues are not introduced until the last two chapters of the book, where approximate solutions to the wave equation for many-electron atoms and molecules are discussed. In this way, students receive a gradual introduction to the basic concepts of quantum mechanics. ... Read more

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BASIC PRINCIPLES OF QUANTUM MECHANICS
After reading the first two chapters of Quantum Mechanics by Griffiths, I bogged down in chapter three: Formalism, which covered such diverse/difficult topics as Hilbert Space, Eigenfunctions of a Hermitian Operator, and Dirac Notation. If my college mathematics were not so rusty, I would have probably have been able to grasp the material. Still wanting to understand quantum mechanics, I searched through several introductory texts on quantum mechanics listed on Amazon's site and finally settled on Quantum Mechanics For Chemists. What a great text for a beginner! If you are familiar with single variable calculus and know what a differential equation is, you can grasp the basics of quantum mechanics by working through this book. Professor Hayward has written a lucid text in clear, expository prose while keeping the mathematics at a comprehensible level. The text does not open with the Schrodinger wave equation but instead begins with a chapter on particle-wave duality. Chapters two and three discuss particle in a one dimensional box and uncertainty. The one dimensional Schrodinger wave equation and applications are presented in chapter four. Rotational motion is covered very nicely in chapter five. Chapter six delves deeply into the meat of the subject introducing the Bohr theory, Schrodinger wave equation for hydrogen like atoms, the radial wave equation, and full hydrogen atom wavefunctions. The final two chapters deal with many-electron atoms and the structure of molecules. The text was written for undergraduate chemistry majors but, in my opinion, would serve as a text for engineers, mathematicians, future high school physics teachers, bright high school students, or as a text for self study. The illustrations in the text are well done and greatly enhance the learning process. There are numerous worked examples and each chapter ends with a summary, several straight forward problems, references, and suggestions for further reading. Answers to all problems are included in the text. After you complete this text , I would suggest reading the Bell That Rings Light by Dorothy Wallace and Joseph J BelBruno. If you are still curious after working through these two books, then you should then go for Quantum Mechanics by Griffiths. If the reader is interested in the history of quantum mechanics, I would suggest reading Thirty Years That Shook Physics by George Gamow and the recently published The Age of Entanglement (A well done work which does a marvelous job of recreating the birth and growth of quantum mechanics and the men and women who were involved) by Louisa Gilder. In conclusion, if you are looking for a brief, well done introduction to Quantum Mechanics then get your hands on a copy of Hayward's book. The material is clearly covered, the illustrations are excellent, and the problems are workable. And the price is right!!! ... Read more

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This is the first such text which will be directed to undergraduates. Our approach is to provide a self-contained exposition, which begins with a review of the relevant introductory quantum mechanics, then segues into SUSYQM. We concentrate on the essentials, both in the chapters developing the architecture, and in the later chapters of applications. While the text is designed to be accessible to undergraduate students, it should also be useful to graduate students and to researchers in the field. The text contains a large selection of examples and problems that illustrate the ideas and their applications. It is richly illustrated with figures that we have designed and produced. We have selected an attractive and relevant list of topics. ... Read more

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These lecture notes comprise a three-semester graduate course in quantum mechanics at the University of Illinois. The notes, presented here in slightly revised form, constitute a self-contained course in quantum mechanics from first principles to elementary and relativistic one-particle mechanics. Prerequisite to reading these notes is some familiarity with elementary quantum mechanics, at least at the undergraduate level. Preferably the reader should already have met the uncertainty principle and the concept of a wave function. Prerequisites also include sufficient acquaintance with complex cariables to be able to do simple contour integrals and to understand words such as "poles" and "branch cuts." An elementary knowledge of Fourier transforms and series is necessary.Assumes an awareness of classical electrodynamics. ... Read more

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Good Companion Text
This book grew out of Gordon Baym's Quantum Mechanics lectures at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the late 1960's.As such, it is really more suitable as a companion text rather than as a primary text.That said, I found that Baym provides a degree of physical intuition that is not found in the standard texts.I especially like Baym's discussion of creation and annihilation operators as well as Fermi's Golden Rule.Baym also provides a good treatment of the Klein Gordon and Dirac equations, the relativistic analogues of the Schrodinger equation for Bosons and Fermions.In general, Baym seems to have the intention of supplying the reader with the necessary preparation for the study of quantum field theory--an approach understandable in light of the fact that Julian Schwinger (one of the pioneers of quantum field theory and co-winner of the 1965 Noble Prize and physics for quantum electrodynamics along with Feynman and Tomonaga) was Baym's Ph.D. adviser.

Utterly useless!
A completely useless waste of paper and money. $60 for what, if you please? Contains nothing you wouldn't find in other common texts, only there it is better explained. Fails miserably in problem-solving techniques. Very poorly structured. ZERO stars!!!

Why do people like this book?
We just started using this book for our Graduate Quantum Theory class.The whole book is just a muddled mess. Baym does not bother to define terms, and uses a rather odd mix of notation that is different from every other quantum book I own.

If you want a decent quantum book buy Libov

good book
i bought itbecause my professor chose it as our textbook
it is a good book anyway

One of the best books ever written on quantum mechanics.
There are many good books on quantum mechanics--the ones by J.J. Sakurai and Claude Cohen-Tannoudji et al. come to mind.Schwinger's lectures were off-scale superb, and the notes of his students were collected and published.

But this book _Lectures on Quantum Mechanics_ is simply charming.It may be the first graduate-level textbook on this subject that was written by a native speaker of English since Dirac's classic.In any case, it is another classic.It is very physical and very specific, which means it's easy to learn from. ... Read more

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Quantum mechanics embraces the behaviour of all known forms of matter, including the atoms and molecules from which we, and all living organisms, are composed. Molecular Quantum Mechanics leads us through this absorbing yet challenging subject, unravelling those fundamental physical principles which explain how all matter behaves.
With the clarity of exposition and rich pedagogy which have established the book as a leading text in the field, Molecular Quantum Mechanics takes us from the foundations of quantum mechanics, through quantum models of atomic, molecular, and electronic structure, and on to discussions of spectroscopy, and the electronic and magnetic properties of molecules. Lucid explanations and illuminating artworks help to visualise the many abstract concepts upon which the subject is built.
Fully updated to reflect the latest advances in computational techniques, and enhanced with more mathematical support and worked examples than ever before, Molecular Quantum Mechanics remains the ultimate resource for those wishing to master this important subject.

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Solutions manual available to download [instructors only] ... Read more

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Necessary
Useful and clear book about molecular quantum mechanics......

For a material scientist it's the second book of the triptych: Cohen - Atkins - Kittel

Decent job
I have always thought that Atkins' textbooks were horrible. His worst book was Physical Chemistry, only the 2nd edition was good, then it deteriorated considerably (now I think it's up to the 8th edition!very hard to read that book).This one, Molecular Quantum Mechanics, has an excellent selection of topics, and is mostly a book that will teach you about spectroscopy techniques for the study of molecules (NMR, ESR, vibrational spectroscopy, rotational spectroscopy, etc). It does a fairly good job at teaching things with minimal assumed background. So anyone with basic calculus and some intro to QM should be able to read this book. Atkins derives much of the QM tools needed for the rest of the book (e.g. time-dependent perturbation theory). His presentation of the more "mathematical" topics is generally very lucid.With the exception of the section on group theory, which I've always thought was incomprehensible.You will find a MUCH better (and friendly) learning tool in D.C. Harris' (dover) book. Group theory is taught without any nonsense. I also like Bernath's textbook for group theory (that's about the only thing that's good in Bernath). Anyhow, Atkins IS a good buy. You will learn a lot from it, and it can serve as an excellent supplement to any course on quantum mechanics. He is very pedagogical, and the book includes tons of relevant worked examples.Many of them are non-trivial too, so it makes you feel good, that you've learned new stuff and improved your skills.I would say this is a good book, from an author who usually writes mediocre textbooks.

Great Molecular QM Reference
This is a beautiful book and has some very clear mathematical introductions to the subject of QM but I fear that the subject matter is still quite formidable and is most useful as a reference to those who are already comfortable with the subject.

John

The answer to my prayers
I used this text after struggling for the first few weeks in my quantum chemistry course at Berkeley. Recommended by my professor, this text made sense of things that I believed impossible. And, it includes a lot of graphs to boot! I found this book coupled with Griffith's Quantum Mechanics to have been the best possible undergrad combo in my junior year as a chemistry undergrad. In fact, I sold my required text and passed the class with flying colors using just the Atkins book and the Griffith text. Where Atkins is too wordy, Griffith's concise explanations help greatly. And, vice versa, when you need more info, turn to Atkins. Bon chance!

Not for beginners or even someone with some quantum background
This text is not for someone that is starting out in the subject, or even for someone looking to get more into quantum chemistry. This is a book for someone already fairly familiar with quantum and particularly quantum chemistry.
My main issue with this book is that it's way too much information that is not covered in enough detail to give any insight into the methods that are presented. The examples that he uses to illustrate an idea rarely if ever can be generalized to other cases and for someone not already comfortable with this material it will be more than a challenge. I often found myself reaching for McQuarrie's Quantum Chemistry text as well as Griffiths's Quantum mechanics text to help clarify what was presented in this book.
The questions at the end of the chapter often are confusing and any hint that is given only makes the problem more obscure. What makes it worse is that equations that are cited in the hints are often wrong and unless you know what you're doing you will have a hard time figuring out what they're hinting at. Many of the examples have mistakes and typos in them, and they're not trivial most of the time. For example, in Chapter six they attempt to walk you through group theory. In one of the examples showing you how to get an irreducible representation from a reducible one they mix up the last two rows using the little orthogonality theorem.
Several of the character tables in the back of the book are wrong as well. This can make several of the problems at the end of chapters more than a little challenging.
If you're looking for a good quantum chemistry textbook, this is not it. Even putting the typos aside there is too little information in the book for it to stand on its own as anything useful to learn from. I recommend McQaurrie (both undergraduate and graduate texts) or Levine. Griffiths's quantum mechanics text is a useful reference no matter which text you use. ... Read more

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Older But Incredibly Helpful
I would urge the reader not to dismiss this book too quickly on the basis of its age. This book fills a gap that isn't filled by any other text that I know of: it bridges an undergraduate/beginning grad course in quantum mechanics with a course in quantum field theory. My own experience, which I believe is somewhat typical, was to have a graduate course in quantum theory at the level of Cohen-Tannoudji, followed by a field theory course at the level of Peskin and Schroeder. It seems to me that these levels are separated by a virtual chasm.

I suppose it is natural that as theoretical physics grows, topics once considered crucial fall into the dustbin. Perhaps spending a few weeks studying the single-particle Dirac equation might simply be wasted time when one is eager to move as quickly as possible to the frontier of quantum field theory or string theory or whatnot. But to gain a satisfactory (by my own standards, of course) understandingof Peskin and Schroeder (P&S) level QFT, I needed to spend some time in the chasm. For example:

* Spending time really thinking about the Dirac equation was very helpful. Even though one can motivate quantum fields by resorting to special relativity and the axioms of quantum mechanics, it was very useful to understand in what ways the single-particle Dirac equation (over 60 pages in the book) is still useful, and in what ways it needs to be surplanted. This understanding has been very useful in studying, for example, bound-states and corrections to nuclear transition rates, where computations are nearly impossible using only field-theoretic techniques. It was also helpful in understanding the connection between fermionic field operators and single particle wave functions (which is barely a one-paragraph discussion in P&S).

* An elementary treatment of the quantum theory of radiation was very fun and helpful. I enjoyed working through Rayleigh scattering, spontaneous emission, etc. I feel like I can actually perform calculations along these lines, which I certainly didn't feel after P&S.

* In books like P&S or Ryder, the full machinery of Wick's theorem etc. tends to obscure what is actually happening when one calculates propagators and Feynman rules. Sakurai's treatment in Chapter 4 starts with the canonical formalism and derives cross-sections from scratch. While one loses some of the computational ease of simply starting with Feynman rules, one gains quite a lot. It becomes clear how exactly the propagator captures virtual pair-creation in a covariant manner. It becomes clear exactly why one needs to normal order operators in the Hamiltonian/Lagrangian. It becomes clear how time-ordering and normal-ordering work simultaneously when using Wick's theorem in the Dyson expansion, which is something that confused me in P&S. While path integrals offer the quickest route to calculating propagators and Feynman rules, the long route of deriving the photon propagator in the canonical formalism gave me a better understanding of how various pieces combined to yield a covariant result. And so on.

Like any book, there are some downsides:

* The organization is annoying. For example, Chapter 4, home of the discussion on quantum electrodynamics and field theory, is 120 pages long. It seems as if Sakurai thought for 5 minutes about organizing sections, decided it wasn't worth the effort, and just dumped everything into one chapter. I've been using the book for 2 years now, and I still get lost finding stuff in Chapter 4.

* The book uses a Euclidean metric tensor, so that covariant and contravariant indices are treated identically. Sakurai insists it's silly to not use such a metric, and perhaps one makes fewer computational errors, but virtually nobody uses such a metric any more, and converting back and forth is annoying.

* The book is cavalier about its description of both scattering and the quantum vacuum. I know it's subtle and difficult to discuss asymptotic states in scattering theory, or to discuss the vacuum in an interacting field theory, but you've gotta talk about it. Sorry. You can't just pretend everything is the same as in the free theory. You can't just stick the time-independent free-field creation and annihlation operators between the free-field vacuum and just start computing.

* Being written in 1967, the book doesn't at all serve as a complete text on quantum field theory: among other things, modern renormalization techniques, gauge theories and the standard model, and path integration are missing. But as I said, I think this book does a great job of filling the abovementioned gap, and shouldn't be taken as a stand-alone QFT book.

I think the negatives are more than made up for by one very great virtue of the book: Sakurai will always forego the slicker mathematics or the more general theorem if a gritty calculation makes the physical concepts more apparent. This book may seem old fashioned, but it is truly one of the most useful physics books I've ever studied.

Excellent Text - Horrid Print Quality
The 1 star is only for the condition of the printed text itself, not for any content in the book.

Addison-Wesley has done a grave injustice to this classic with its latest printing.I ordered it a few weeks ago from Amazon, and what arrived was appalling.

The text is not "clean", it looks as though it was poorly photocopied.Every single arrow indicating spin/helicity directions in the diagrams is not clear, and quite a few don't even show up at all.Sub- and super-scripts are very hard to read in many equations and diagrams, due to the poor print quality of the text.Anyone who has read or seen an earlier printing will be sorely disappointed if they order this text now.

Amazon offered to exchange the book for another copy, which I took them up on, but the replacement was just as bad in print quality.It seems as though this is the fault of the publisher.I tried to reach Addison-Wesley for comment, but my email must not have gotten through.I wish to stress that Amazon was fantastic throughout the entire ordeal, and was consistently helpful, swift, and courteous in their responses.

Overall, it's a great book, but I would highly recommend against buying new.If buying used, make sure to ask any seller to provide high-res pictures of Figure 2-3 on page 51 ( you should see THREE gray arrows for the polarization directions), and of Figure 3-9 on page 164, to see if the gray arrows showing the spin direction of the Lambda particle show up clearly.If they do, buy it!If not, it's a bad print copy, and not worth any amount of money.

--John

Good for you...
If you're reading reviews on advanced QM then I'm sure you'd like this book... as for me, I'm through with physics. Undergrad stuff is a breeze but it's not worth it anymore. Don't you guys have lives other than physics?Christ, I want time to take a vacation now and then and to watch baseball games and movies and follow current events. I'd like to spend some time with members of the opposite sex every now and then also and make better money than a grad student/research professor for doing the same or less amount of work. This advanced [stuff] requires one to study as a full time job. Good book though and it's a great bridge from his basic QM graduate level text to QFT for those who enjoy studying in their free time.

Out of date, but still could be useful
This book represents to a large degree an approach to quantum field theory that is now viewed as somewhat out of date. Modern textbooks and monographs in quantum field theory emphasize functional methods, the renormalization group, the operator product expansion, and topological field configurations. In addition, this book was published before the advent of the electroweak theory, and so readers will not get an introduction to this theory, nor to quantum chromodynamics, the gauge theory of the strong interactions. The only gauge theory actually treated in the book is quantum electrodynamics, although the author does not exploit the gauge invariance of this theory to its fullest potential in the book.

For those readers who want learn quantum field theory, this book would probably not suffice, due to the above omissions. However, the book might still be used as a reference, and one that, as stated by the author, emphasizes the physics of quantum field theory. Covariant perturbation theory and Feynmam diagrams are given ample treatment. In addition, the author does not hesitate to employ symmetry considerations in the discussion of the transformation properties of the Dirac wave function and the quantized Dirac field. The spin-statistics theorem is not proven, but some plausible arguments as to its validity are given, dealing with the difficulty in constructing a quantum field theory for the electron that does not obey the Pauli exclusion principle. And, as another example of the avoidance of complicated mathematics, the author chooses to discuss the Moller interaction between two electrons using the (noncovariant) Coulomb gauge. In this strategy, the transverse part of the vector potential is treated dynamically, and the electron interaction consists of the interaction of the transverse electromagnetic field with the Dirac current and the instantaneous Coulomb interaction between charge densities. Only the transverse part of the vector potential is quantized, but interestingly, the nonphysical, longitudinal parts cancell out in the calculation of the amplitude. This approach may be distasteful from a modern gauge-invariant point of view, but it does suffice to bring out the physics of the problem, and it does serve to motivate the modern approach to the calculation of the Moller cross-section.

Thus, this might still serve to build insight into the physics of quantum field theory. Too often modern texts emphasize the mathematical formalism, the latter becoming more and more formidable as the years go on. The chapter on covariant perturbation theory is definitely worth some amount of time because of this. The reader can then move on to the magnificent fortresses built by the theoreticians of quantum field theory since this book was published. Quantum field theory is definitely still a very active subject, and there are lots of things in the theory that remain unsolved to this day.

Horribly terse
This book is great - until you try to do the problems. I'm slightly peeved, having spent upwards of 30 hours (working with other grad students!) and not 'completely' got any of the 6 assigned problems from the back of Chapter 2.

Oh, this book fills a gap between quantum and QFT to be sure. And it's one of the only books (the only?) that does it. What this means is that if you don't understand it here there aren't any other books you can look up. Gordon Baym comes close, but falls short and is out of print.

Over the past 30 (non-continuous) hours, I've come to greatly detest Sakurai's style (even more than when we were using 'Modern QM' for the beginning of this sequence). For some 'simple' problems, it's 'fun' that he doesn't fill in all the steps so you have to read the book in detail and re-derive the relevant steps. But as the problems get more involved and you still 'don't get it' after reading the chapter 4 or 5 times, the whole thing just ceases to be entertaining.

While the *mathematical* tools to do the problems are probably all in the text somewhere, Sakurai simply does not provide the 'cut through the mathematical [stuff] and get to the physics' insights that are necessary to truly understand and utilise the material. This is not to say that the treatment isn't 'physical' at times and in homeopathic quantities, but Sakurai doesn't do much to tie different ideas together andgive one the big picture.

Bottom line: Mr. Sakurai, paper is cheap. Use more words. Please. ... Read more

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mathematical basics
I wrote this to offset the only other review of this book which I thought was unfair.If you are interested in learning quantum PHYSICS, then this is not the book for you.However, if you are interested in learning the underlying mathematical principles of Hilbert space as applied to QM in a semi-rigorous fashion, then this is a very good book.It reviews the relevant techniques from analysis such as spectral theory and does a good job on formalized scattering theory.I probably would have given it four stars if I was being completely unbiased.I liked it.

math tricks, no physical insight
Read this about 20 years ago, so bear with me. What I remember, it has some neat mathematical tricks to teach you, but for the title, I would expect it to delve more profoundly into the physics behind completeness of a Hilbert space and what it means for the physical world. It's probably an OK book, but not something that will let you have a revelation or breakthrough. And as one of the founders of group theory and "revolutionaire extraordinaire" (Evariste Galois) said, "study (only) the masters"- so hard these days when mediocrity and marketing guys rule. ... Read more

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With contributions by many of today's leading quantum physicists, philosophers and historians, including three Nobel laureates, this comprehensive A to Z of quantum physics provides a lucid understanding of the key concepts of quantum theory and experiment. It covers technical and interpretational aspects alike, and includes both traditional topics and newer areas such as quantum information and its relatives. The central concepts that have shaped contemporary understanding of the quantum world are clearly defined, with illustrations where helpful, and discussed at a level suitable for undergraduate and graduate students of physics, history of science, and philosophy of physics. All articles share three main aims: (1) to provide a clear definition and understanding of the term concerned; (2) where possible, to trace the historical origins of the concept; and (3) to provide a small but optimal selection of references to the most relevant literature, including pertinent historical studies. Also discussed are the often contentious philosophical implications derived from quantum theory and its associated experimental findings.

This compendium will be an indispensable resource for all those seeking concise up-to-date information about the many facets of quantum physics.

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Here Roland Omnès offers a clear, up-to-date guide to the conceptual framework of quantum mechanics. In an area that has provoked much philosophical debate, Omnès has achieved high recognition for his Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics (Princeton 1994), a book for specialists. Now the author has transformed his own theory into a short and readable text that enables beginning students and experienced physicists, mathematicians, and philosophers to form a comprehensive picture of the field while learning about the most recent advances.

This new book presents a more streamlined version of the Copenhagen interpretation, showing its logical consistency and completeness. The problem of measurement is a major area of inquiry, with the author surveying its history from Planck to Heisenberg before describing the consistent-histories interpretation. He draws upon the most recent research on the decoherence effect (related to the modern resolution of the famous Schrödinger's cat problem) and an exact formulation of the correspondence between quantum and particle physics (implying a derivation of classical determinism from quantum probabilism).

Interpretation is organized with the help of a universal and sound language using so-called consistent histories. As a language and a method, it can now be shown to be free of ambiguity and it makes interpretation much clearer and closer to common sense. ... Read more

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This book is sooooo good!!! If your mind is stuck in a classic point of view, this book will help you develop a more quantic perspective, with very few equations!

quantum confusion?
This book is the first book you should read if you haven't had much exposure to quantum theory.This is a must have for any person interested in physics, Hell get this book just to read to the kids or Grampa when he gets confused about 1/2 spin particles. you won't be crunching unified fieled theory equations, but your brain will be not dumb no more. ... Read more

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Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics was a revolutionary book that caused a sea change in theoretical physics. Here, John von Neumann, one of the leading mathematicians of the twentieth century, shows that great insights in quantum physics can be obtained by exploring the mathematical structure of quantum mechanics. He begins by presenting the theory of Hermitean operators and Hilbert spaces. These provide the framework for transformation theory, which von Neumann regards as the definitive form of quantum mechanics. Using this theory, he attacks with mathematical rigor some of the general problems of quantum theory, such as quantum statistical mechanics as well as measurement processes. Regarded as a tour de force at the time of publication, this book is still indispensable for those interested in the fundamental issues of quantum mechanics. ... Read more

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a very elegant book
This is a beautifully written book, more for mathematicians than for physicists, since von Neumann does not really discuss the physics that goes into the subject. There is also an emphasis on "foundation", so you will not have too many examples of hydrogen atoms work out. The style is also unmistakably mathematical. Every mathematician with an interest in quantum mechanics should have this book.

Hilbert Space Formulation of QM
The ultimate source of Hilbert Space applied to Quantum Mechanics.John von Neumann was the first to systematically formulate QM in such a powerful and elegant vector space.If this is the Bible of QM in HS, Hughes is the missioner!Get the book as well -- The Structure and Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics.

Has Strengths and Weaknesses
First the strengths:
(1) The author gives a rigorous proof of the incompatibility of the two theories of quantum mechanics, that is, the evolution of the state vector as determined by Schrodinger's equation and the collapse of the state vector by means of an observation. He does this by the concept of entropy.
(2) He gives a thorough treatment of the "consciousness school" of interpretation, which makes for an interesting,if not entirely convincing read.

The weaknesses:
(1) the font is a pain to read; it looks like it came off an old typewriter. I wonder why the publishers couldn't put it into a more modern readable form.
(2) Von Neumann writes this book , in part, with the intention to dispel the mathematical nonsense, as he perceives it, of the Dirac delta function. Therefore he casts everything into the unwieldy formalism required to do without the distribution. Indoubtedly he was trying to change the dirac formalism in use in quantum mechanics at the time but was fortunately unsucessful in persuading physicists to use his alternative language.

Summary: I recommend this book for anyone wishing to deepen his or her understanding of the foundations, conceptual and mathematical of quantum theory.

a classic
As an undergrad, I am sorry that I cannot share the perspectives ofprofessionals as expressed below. After initial introductory courses, I gotfascinated by certain untold conceptual issues. And one of the textbooks(probably Griffiths) suggested von Neumann had tried to provemathematically that the classical formulation is just the furthest theformalism can go and we don't have to worry about underlying complexities.Later, Bohm created a formalism which von Neumann "proves" to bemathematically impossible in this book. I bought this book just to find outhow the proof goes. But I got stuck with some tedious proofs on Hilbertspace (which he calls a "digression"). This part isn't essentialbut as the braket notation is not used you need to consult this part. Ithink at least a strong background in linear algebra is required. Definitlynot an introductory textbook. Most useful for those who study history ofphysics.

Very nice historical approach
This is not the kind of book I would recommend to a novice person in the area, but it does give a very interesting view of how was quantum mechanics born. It begins with a thorough discussion about the mathematics of Hilbertspaces and operator theory to later merge Heisenberg's and Schrodinger'stheories in one rigorous mathematical theory. It makes some remarks thatallows the reader to see how was the 'new' quantum theory born anddeveloped, since it briefly discusses the theories of Heisenberg andSchrodinger in the way they originally stated them. Maybe the mostdisturbing issue would be the notation since in 1932 dirac had still notdeveloped the bracket formalism. ... Read more

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Advanced Quantum Mechanics, the second volume on quantum mechanics by Franz Schwabl, discusses nonrelativistic multi-particle systems, relativistic wave equations and relativistic quantum fields. Characteristic of the author´s work are the comprehensive mathematical discussions in which all intermediate steps are derived and where numerous examples of application and exercises help the reader gain a thorough working knowledge of the subject. The topics treated in the book lay the foundation for advanced studies in solid-state physics, nuclear and elementary particle physics. This text both extends and complements Schwabl´s introductory Quantum Mechanics, which covers nonrelativistic quantum mechanics and offers a short treatment of the quantization of the radiation field. The fourth edition has been thoroughly revised with new material having been added. Furthermore, the layout of the figures has been unified, which should facilitate comprehension.

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An Easy and comprehansive introduction to the subject
This book consists of three parts. Part1 begins with an introduction on the many body theory and introducing the idea of second quantization. Part2 focuses on relativistic quantum mechanics through relativistic waveequations. The last part is an introduction to quantum field theory usingsome results from part2. The simple presentation of the subject and thedetailed math involved makes this book a comfortable one for a begginer.

numerical methods for particles in a box?
Well to tell you the truth actually , your book is a complete study about quantum mechanics ....

Thanks for your book , i got a good result in my exams but my really problem is to find a topic about the above topic...... ... Read more