Introduction to Quantum Mechanics
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- Author：David J. Griffiths
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Alan
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It's a lot easier to understand once you have a graduate level course in functional analysis， but life doesn't always flow in the order we need。 It's a lot easier to understand once you have a graduate level course in functional analysis， but life doesn't always flow in the order we need。 。。。more
Kimberly
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:3
Manoj Khatri
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Griffiths never disappoint。 I prefer the qubit up approach to quantum mechanics but still I loved this classic piece。
Ezra
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This book is has a pretty clear exposition overall， but it's a little overhyped。 This book is has a pretty clear exposition overall， but it's a little overhyped。 。。。more
K
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great pictures of cats
Sara Ghotb
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One of the best QM books。 I still use this textbook as a reference。
Mario Schlosser
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Start with SchroedingerGreat book， including for self study。 Unlike other quantum mechanics textbooks that start with matrix mechanics， this book starts with the Schroedinger equation， but then ends up really nicely deriving everything else step by step。 First part is theory， second part has lots of approximations and techniques like perturbation theory。 The only aspect I would have loved to see more discussion of is quantum entanglement。 The electron spin singlet state falls out of some nice de Start with SchroedingerGreat book， including for self study。 Unlike other quantum mechanics textbooks that start with matrix mechanics， this book starts with the Schroedinger equation， but then ends up really nicely deriving everything else step by step。 First part is theory， second part has lots of approximations and techniques like perturbation theory。 The only aspect I would have loved to see more discussion of is quantum entanglement。 The electron spin singlet state falls out of some nice derivation but doesn't even get called entangled until much later; the EPR paradox and the Bohm inequality are in the afterword。 Other than that， great content， and really fun and engaging writing style。 。。。more
Erfan Abedi
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Best QM book。 10/10。
Ian
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Great summary of hydrogen wave equation
Alice
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I love this textbook。 David Griffiths writes in a conversational tone which is never dry。 （But how could physics ever be dry？！） It explains quantum mechanics in a （mostly） accessible way。 There is some crucial information that is buried within exercises rather than written in the meat of the chapter。 My main complaint is that there are not enough examples。 There are multiple pages dedicated to example 4。1， when I would rather see something like the expectation value of hydrogen and don't care ab I love this textbook。 David Griffiths writes in a conversational tone which is never dry。 （But how could physics ever be dry？！） It explains quantum mechanics in a （mostly） accessible way。 There is some crucial information that is buried within exercises rather than written in the meat of the chapter。 My main complaint is that there are not enough examples。 There are multiple pages dedicated to example 4。1， when I would rather see something like the expectation value of hydrogen and don't care about spherical Bessel functions。 In my opinion， there was not enough generalized information on spin （for spins other than 1/2）， and I wished for a more in depth description of how to construct spin matrices。 Despite these specific complaints， the textbook did a very good job at making a difficult subject manageable by providing in depth， clear explanations。 。。。more
Kent Sibilev
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I used this book along with Shankar’s Principal of Quantum Mechanics in my quest to study the subject。 I found it a pretty good and very light introduction to this field。 But for deeper insights and better math handling refer to Shankar’s book。
Terry Montlick
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I think that this is the best comprehensive undergraduate textbook on quantum mechanics。 The different aspects of the subject are covered in a very logical sequence， with one idea building on another。 And it's got good pictures and diagrams！ I think that this is the best comprehensive undergraduate textbook on quantum mechanics。 The different aspects of the subject are covered in a very logical sequence， with one idea building on another。 And it's got good pictures and diagrams！ 。。。more
Bryce Cai
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It's decent。 The book is pretty self contained， which is nice。 I agree with some of the other reviewers saying the overly detailed problem solving process bogs it down。 In what it claims to do， however， that is - an introduction， it's satisfactory。 It's easy to follow and has solved examples throughout all the chapters， as well as a multitude of real life examples like the various experiments done throughout history that left quantum mechanics where it was up to around the 60s （simplified， of co It's decent。 The book is pretty self contained， which is nice。 I agree with some of the other reviewers saying the overly detailed problem solving process bogs it down。 In what it claims to do， however， that is - an introduction， it's satisfactory。 It's easy to follow and has solved examples throughout all the chapters， as well as a multitude of real life examples like the various experiments done throughout history that left quantum mechanics where it was up to around the 60s （simplified， of course）。 The problems are like the examples - overly process heavy。 There's the usual physicist hand waving away of rigorous mathematics but I suppose that can't be helped; bra ket math is introduced but not explored beyond some simple arithmetic。 No group theory here。 It is more simplistic than most other textbooks as a result but that's easily supplemented （would recommend Modern QM by Sakurai or QM by Landau/Lifshitz）。 。。。more
Johanna Sandeberg
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Would be nice with some answeres to the exercises， otherwise the book is great。
ESNR
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Introduction to Quantum Mechanics， 3rd Edition （International Edition） by Darrell F。 Schroeter David J。 Griffiths is one of the best books on Quantum Mechanics。 The book divided into two parts Part1 as theory （Chapters 1-6） and part2 as applications （Chapters 7-12）。 Part 1 of the book starts with the introduction to the time-independent Schrodinger equation and develops towards the application of 1D problems like a free particle， square well， and the harmonic oscillator。 Hilbert formalism is in Introduction to Quantum Mechanics， 3rd Edition （International Edition） by Darrell F。 Schroeter David J。 Griffiths is one of the best books on Quantum Mechanics。 The book divided into two parts Part1 as theory （Chapters 1-6） and part2 as applications （Chapters 7-12）。 Part 1 of the book starts with the introduction to the time-independent Schrodinger equation and develops towards the application of 1D problems like a free particle， square well， and the harmonic oscillator。 Hilbert formalism is introduced along with uncertainty principles， further SE is applied to 3D systems like Hydrogen atoms。 The author introduces the angular Momentum concept with spin and discusses Identical Particles along with symmetries and Conservation laws。 The second part deals with real problems which require approximation and perturbation concepts。 The application part of the book starts with time-independent perturbation theory for both degenerate and non-degenerate systems considering Zeeman effect and structure of Hydrogen atom。 Variation principle and WKB approximation are discussed with suitable examples。 Scattering and electrodynamics are discussed with suitable applications from atomic and molecular physics。 The book is concluded with discussions on Schrodinger Cat， EPR paradox， and Bell theorem。You should read this book because of its clarity and variety of Numerical problems which further enhance the understanding of Quantum Mechanics applications。 。。。more
Habeeb Alnaqi | حبيب النقي
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An excellent textbook。 I liked the author’s book EM more than this one。 As everybody says， the book leaves very important topics as an exercise and it rarely uses Dirac notation until the very end。 It is surely better than Gasirowics for an introductory course to Quantum Mechanics。
James Millikan SJ
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Griffiths’s Introduction to Quantum Mechanics is a classic。 It’s rigorous， clear， and shines with the author’s joy for the subject。I was expecting the quality content， but was pleasantly surprised by Griffith’s razor-sharp writing。 Proofs are elegant， explanations laconic， and figures used judiciously to avoid disrupting the text’s narrative flow。This was certainly a step up for me from Serway’s Physics for Scientists and Engineers， but endeavoring to read and reason at Griffiths’s level was abs Griffiths’s Introduction to Quantum Mechanics is a classic。 It’s rigorous， clear， and shines with the author’s joy for the subject。I was expecting the quality content， but was pleasantly surprised by Griffith’s razor-sharp writing。 Proofs are elegant， explanations laconic， and figures used judiciously to avoid disrupting the text’s narrative flow。This was certainly a step up for me from Serway’s Physics for Scientists and Engineers， but endeavoring to read and reason at Griffiths’s level was absolutely worth the effort。 Highly recommended。 。。。more
Annie Souza
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About average textbook。 Professor recommended book for our undergraduate introduction to quantum sequence。
Richard Van Dijk
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Less pain。
Tom
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Concise， clear and tangible
Anoop Dixith
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After the last book I read - 'The Universe in you Hand' re-kindled my inner craving to get fascinated by the marvels of Quantum Dynamics， I couldn't not pick a "text book" kind of book loaded with equations， linear algebra， partial differentials， and of course integrals of all kind that would let me understand the mathematical basis of the fascinating concepts of Quantum Theory。 I know a lot of purists don't necessarily think Griffiths's Introduction to Quantum Mechanics is the best of the text After the last book I read - 'The Universe in you Hand' re-kindled my inner craving to get fascinated by the marvels of Quantum Dynamics， I couldn't not pick a "text book" kind of book loaded with equations， linear algebra， partial differentials， and of course integrals of all kind that would let me understand the mathematical basis of the fascinating concepts of Quantum Theory。 I know a lot of purists don't necessarily think Griffiths's Introduction to Quantum Mechanics is the best of the text books out there， and I agree with them， in that this is probably not as comprehensive and formal， not as mathematically heavy as R。Sankar。 BUT， after reading this completely， I was glad I chose this because for someone doing self-study， R。Sankar or JJ Sakurai tend to be very heavy， sometimes even intimidating。 So， for someone like me， who was going from something like 'The Universe in your Hand' that was very generic/basic， to get to the basics of the derivation of time independent Schrodinger's equation， I needed an intermediary。 And this book was the perfect fit there。The first two pages of the book that mention all the relevant equations and constants was the first impressive thing in the book for me， as I don't know how many times I have hovered over that page by now！ Other than that however， the book tends to become informal in a lot of places， maybe that's intentional， and sometimes reads like a novel （and I'm not a huge fan of that）。 It doesn't have any chapters dedicated to getting you up to speed with linear algebra， vectors， tensors etc， so I believe that's a prerequisite。 The flow and organization of the book is impressive， easy to follow， and is coherent。 Unfortunately， it doesn't use Bra-Ket notation everywhere so it gets frustrating sometimes。 Chapter 12， simply titled Afterword， turned out to be my favorite chapter， despite having minimal number of equations， as it spoke about the most captivating topics of Quantum theory like EPR paradox， Bell's inequality etc。I didn't do any of the exercise problems， which unfortunately， made me miss out on a lot of interesting problems。 Other than that， I'd say I now have a decent idea of the mathematics of Quantum Mechanics （although not to the extent of using that on a Quantum processor to write Shore's algorithm）。 I think I'm ready to pick-up something advanced， either R。Shankar or Pauling。 However much I try to distract myself away from them， problems like the collapse of the waveform， Bell's inequality and its sheer simplicity， light's wave-particle duality， entanglement and that spooky action at a distance， hidden local variables， quantum eraser etc never cease to amaze me。 And I guess the next book on this should let me brew my own concoction of ideas on these。 。。。more
Deriyan Senjaya
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Introduction to Quantum Mechanics by D。J。Griffiths shows a simple description and good explanation to help you understand Quantum Mechanics well。
Sean Kelly
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Made quantum mechanics easy， which also made it easy for my quantum mechanics professor to make quantum mechanics hard。
Phillip Levin
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Not my favorite textbook on quantum mechanics， but it is worth looking at as it may suit some readers more than others。 The level of depth is a little lacking for the subject， and I'd prefer more detail。 Prefer Shankar's text， which is certainly deeper。 Not my favorite textbook on quantum mechanics， but it is worth looking at as it may suit some readers more than others。 The level of depth is a little lacking for the subject， and I'd prefer more detail。 Prefer Shankar's text， which is certainly deeper。 。。。more
Hossein
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بهترین کتاب کوانتوم！حداقل از بین آنهایی که تا به حال دیده م。
Sagar Setru
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Clear and slick。 I can’t imagine a better introduction to Quantum Mechanics
Michel Brandão
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Great book！ The theory is explained really well and is integrated with the math in a great manner。 I recommend getting a solution manual for the problems though
Desmond
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A good introductory book。 If u read a lot of sci-fi stuff you shall find the wave mechanics interesting。 Make sure u carry ur integral table before embarking on this journey， or you shall spend considerable time solving integrals 🤣。 A well written book， but could have been better with the formalism。 Even with the new chapter added it can be a little confusing after u have understood the wave mechnical picture。 I would have preferred a longer discussion on spin and angular momentum。 It was introd A good introductory book。 If u read a lot of sci-fi stuff you shall find the wave mechanics interesting。 Make sure u carry ur integral table before embarking on this journey， or you shall spend considerable time solving integrals 🤣。 A well written book， but could have been better with the formalism。 Even with the new chapter added it can be a little confusing after u have understood the wave mechnical picture。 I would have preferred a longer discussion on spin and angular momentum。 It was introduced and got over before I could finish my coffee。If u think this book is on par with the Electrodynamics book。 You are wrong。 🥴。 however there are some similar tools like the separable solutions Griffiths uses to solve the Hydrogen atom and other problems。With this book done。 Its time for Shankar。 Give me some of that linear algebra goodness。 😵 。。。more
Bookreadingnarcissist
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A difficult topic， made more difficult with poor detail， convoluted writing， and vague explanations。 The questions are really what made me grasp the concepts， not Griffiths' explanation of things。 2/5 A difficult topic， made more difficult with poor detail， convoluted writing， and vague explanations。 The questions are really what made me grasp the concepts， not Griffiths' explanation of things。 2/5 。。。more
Jeff
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