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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #57933 in Books
• Published on: 2005-12-20
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 272 pages

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• ISBN13: 9780486445304
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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From the Publisher
This simple text makes basic quantum mechanics accessible with a minimum of mathematics. The focus is on the matrices representing physical quanitities. States are described simply by mean values of physical quantities or by probabilities for possible values. This approach reveals the essential simplicity of quantum mechanics by focusing on basics and working only with key elements of mathematical structure. Introduces all mathematics involved with using algebra of matrices, complex numbers, probabilities, and mean values. Offers over l00 problems.

Customer Reviews

An Outstanding Book That Makes Quantum Mechanics Simple
There are few books which explain quantum mechanics with such grace and simplicity. Starting with the basics the author sets out to explain the ideas and mathematics behind qunatum mechanics. The author also provides the historical references leading to the birth of quantum mechanics. The layout and presentation of the material is pure mathematical poetry.

Whilst the material would never make light bedtime reading, I would seriously recommend this book for both phyisicists and electronic engineering at the undergraduate and graduate level. The book has been a great source of information for my own research into the mysteries of quantum mechanics.

Excellent Book
This review is written from the point of view of a philospher, poorly trained in mathematics, but still wanting to get to the meat of quantum mechanics from a methematical point of view. Wow. In this book I found what I thought I never would. It describes the mathematical world of quantum physics using the majestic simplicity of matrices and the algebra of complex numbers. As the author states in the preface, no calculus or trigonometry is required. While the math isn't downright simple, neither is beyond the grasp of someone who is bright, but hasn't taken claculus or even precalc. For those who want to journey past this book another excellent intro level quantum mechanics text that introduces wave mechanics and does assume a knowledge of basic calculus is "Fundamentals of Quantum Mechanics" by J.E. House. Both are excellent!

A great book for the beginner
I have quite a few books on Quantum Mechanics. This book does what the others do not. The first half is about simple math. Understanding that QP - PQ = ih/2pi is the matrix form of an equation and the QP - PQ is not zero because the matrices do not commute is critical. This is basic stuff that a lot of books just skip. The second half uses the math to explain some of the features of Quantum Mechanics. For me I needed the detailed first half even though the math was not too hard. Now I can read my other books with a new understanding and finally I am starting to understand Quantum Mechanics.