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Farn
Jul28-03, 09:54 PM
Can anyone recommend a good book to start with? Preferable one that oriented towards teaching the QM newbie. It should discuss the problems with classical that led the development of quantum. I'd say I have a pretty good conceptual mind, but I'm not much of a mathematician.

Anything out there for me?

jeff
Jul28-03, 10:23 PM
The most painless introduction I've seen is "the odd quantum" by sam treiman. Here's the link to amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0691103003/qid=1059448871/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-0037717-2363213?v=glance&s=books

Farn
Jul29-03, 07:04 PM
Great, painless is good.
On the other side though, about how in depth would you say it gets?

jeff
Jul29-03, 08:27 PM
Originally posted by Farn
Great, painless is good.
On the other side though, about how in depth would you say it gets?

It's intermediate between popular treatments and introductory textbooks: Basic equations are presented with explanations but no derivations. It's a great little book written by a master. You won't be disappointed.