Introduction to Quantum Mechanics
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- Author：David J. Griffiths
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Summary
Changes and additions to the new edition of this classic textbook include a new chapter on symmetries， new problems and examples， improved explanations， more numerical problems to be worked on a computer， new applications to solid state physics， and consolidated treatment of time-dependent potentials。
>Provides clear and accessible explanations of the foundations of quantum mechanics， using an attractive and informal style
>It is thorough， with an appropriate amount of mathematical rigor and a good variety of examples and problems
>Students emerge with a confident understanding of what the theory says and how to apply it， a solid foundation for more advanced work， and an appreciation for one of the greatest products of the human mind
>Provides clear and accessible explanations of the foundations of quantum mechanics， using an attractive and informal style
>It is thorough， with an appropriate amount of mathematical rigor and a good variety of examples and problems
>Students emerge with a confident understanding of what the theory says and how to apply it， a solid foundation for more advanced work， and an appreciation for one of the greatest products of the human mind
Reviews
Habeb 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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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 are never wordy， and figures are used judiciously in order to not distract from the narrative flow。This was certainly a step up for me from Serway’s Physics for Scientists and Engineers， but learning to read and reason at Griffiths’s l 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 are never wordy， and figures are used judiciously in order to not distract from the narrative flow。This was certainly a step up for me from Serway’s Physics for Scientists and Engineers， but learning 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。
Peach
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Essential reading。
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
Hosein moazzani
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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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Well written with good examples。。。。I just hate quantum mechanics
Jack Lentz-Hoops
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Lacks mathematical rigor。 I feel like the book is written at a level that would be more appropriate for a first semester QM course and not an upper division one。 Nonetheless I did learn a lot by reading it and it is a good reference
Munib Ur
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 One of the best book， I can't describe how Prof D。 J。 Griffiths described QM。 I really enjoyed it all the time when I learned it。 One of the best book， I can't describe how Prof D。 J。 Griffiths described QM。 I really enjoyed it all the time when I learned it。 。。。more
Gildardo Rivas Valles
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Excellent undergraduate level course on quantum mechanics。 I've used it to teach an introductory course for the last several years Excellent undergraduate level course on quantum mechanics。 I've used it to teach an introductory course for the last several years 。。。more
J
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A classic introduction。 Very readable。Clearly not the most rigorous
Ryan
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Very accessible for undergraduates， the line by line working is a bit clunky at times but great at others。 I thought the introduction of the bra-ket notation was justified by the clarity it provides。
Saurav Kantha
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If you want to really learn quantum mechanics， never pick this book up。
Brett Williams
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Praise to the heavenly vault！ There's no better quantum text than this。 David Griffiths' book will mark his place in this world as a Master of Explaining Impossible Topics。 With humor， intrigue， and adventure through the dark and creepy paths of quantum queerness， Griffiths has a rare talent （but for Atkins， I've never seen it before） for being able to match the incomprehensible microworld with neural weirdness of the macro that makes the topic comprehensible。 He wonderfully prepares the student Praise to the heavenly vault！ There's no better quantum text than this。 David Griffiths' book will mark his place in this world as a Master of Explaining Impossible Topics。 With humor， intrigue， and adventure through the dark and creepy paths of quantum queerness， Griffiths has a rare talent （but for Atkins， I've never seen it before） for being able to match the incomprehensible microworld with neural weirdness of the macro that makes the topic comprehensible。 He wonderfully prepares the student， most of whom greet quantum like a taser or a train。 On page 1 he puts the student at ease with quotes from the masters。 "If you are not confused by quantum physics then you haven't really understood it，" said Niels Bohr。 "I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics，" said Richard Feynman。 "This book is to teach you how to do quantum mechanics，" writes Griffiths。 So relax， kid。 Nobody gets it。 You won't either。 Just learn how to turn the crank and steer the wheel。 This old jalopy will take you where you want to go without knowing what's under the hood。 Nobody knows what's under the hood。 Once you get to where you're going， Griffiths tells you what quantum means in the last chapter。 Yikes！ If you read this chapter in public， hold your shorts up， it might scare the pants off you。 。。。more
Eric Winter
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John Igo
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I'm trying to reread all my old text books， this one is a great introduction to quantum mechanics。 My only issue with it is that it hardly touches projection operators， which are one of the most useful tools for problem solving in Quantum Mechanics。 Turns out multiplying by 1 is far from trivial。 I will need to go back and read 4。3-4 （Angular Momentum， Spin）， 9。3 （Spontaneous Emission）， 10。2 （Berry's Phase） and 11。x（Scattering） because I wasn't thorough enough。 I'm trying to reread all my old text books， this one is a great introduction to quantum mechanics。 My only issue with it is that it hardly touches projection operators， which are one of the most useful tools for problem solving in Quantum Mechanics。 Turns out multiplying by 1 is far from trivial。 I will need to go back and read 4。3-4 （Angular Momentum， Spin）， 9。3 （Spontaneous Emission）， 10。2 （Berry's Phase） and 11。x（Scattering） because I wasn't thorough enough。 。。。more
Heather
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Exists in a state of both memorable and boring。
Kelly
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The gateway book to the world of quantum mechanics， i。e。 comtemparory physics。
Evan Schultz
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As advertised， this is a decent Introduction to Quantum Mechanics。 The progression of ideas in the book felt straightforward and linear and as a result it was easy to follow along and comprehend。The answers to all the questions in the book can be found readily online， which is a huge plus for anyone who is interested in working the problems in the book and making sure they are actually solving the problems correctly。 The book could have benefited from having a section in the beginning devoted to As advertised， this is a decent Introduction to Quantum Mechanics。 The progression of ideas in the book felt straightforward and linear and as a result it was easy to follow along and comprehend。The answers to all the questions in the book can be found readily online， which is a huge plus for anyone who is interested in working the problems in the book and making sure they are actually solving the problems correctly。 The book could have benefited from having a section in the beginning devoted to mechanics of waves as a generic medium。 The simplicity of the book is a boon but also a limitation and people looking for a more rigorous approach to the subject will need to find a more advanced textbook than this one。 。。。more
Sean McLaughlin
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Good， but some of the concepts don't carry over as well to more advanced courses later。 Good， but some of the concepts don't carry over as well to more advanced courses later。 。。。more
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