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My husband wants to teach himself quantum physics. What books do you recomend? I want to get him a few for his birthday.
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I take it you have no complaints about Shankar? And what is your opinion of Sakurai?dextercioby said:Griffiths has some exercises wrongly placed.I mean they can be solved using knowledge exposed later on in the book.So it doesn't look that good.
Daniel.
mrsXtine said:My husband wants to teach himself quantum physics. What books do you recomend? I want to get him a few for his birthday.
Thanks
jma2001 said:I take it you have no complaints about Shankar?
jma2001 said:And what is your opinion of Sakurai?
jma2001 said:The "good" thing about Griffiths QM text is that it is supposedly easier than the others (if any QM text can be said to be easy). The same sort of comparison is made between Griffiths' electrodynamics text and Jackson's. That is, Jackson is the standard but if you are having trouble with it you could turn to Griffiths for help. Same for QM, you start with Shankar or Sakurai but if they are over your head you could try Griffiths. Of course, all of this is assuming you have the necessary mathematical foundation (vector calculus, linear algebra, differential equations, etc.) to tackle any of these books in the first place.
Agreed, I did not mean to imply that Griffiths is a substitute for a Sakurai-level text, just that it could be used as a stepping stone along the way.dextercioby said:I'd say Griffiths is undergraduate/introductory text,while Sakurai is a graduates-aimed text.
Daniel.
Some popular books for beginners in quantum physics are "Quantum Physics for Dummies" by Steven Holzner, "Introducing Quantum Theory: A Graphic Guide" by J.P. McEvoy and Oscar Zarate, and "The Quantum World: Quantum Physics for Everyone" by Kenneth Ford.
Yes, there are many books that aim to explain the concepts of quantum physics in a simplified and accessible manner, such as "Quantum Mechanics: The Theoretical Minimum" by Leonard Susskind and Art Friedman, and "Quantum: A Guide for the Perplexed" by Jim Al-Khalili.
Some advanced books in quantum physics include "Principles of Quantum Mechanics" by R. Shankar, "Quantum Mechanics and Path Integrals" by Richard Feynman and Albert Hibbs, and "Quantum Field Theory for the Gifted Amateur" by Tom Lancaster and Stephen J. Blundell.
Yes, "Quantum Physics: A Beginner's Guide" by Alastair Rae and "The Quantum Universe: Everything that Can Happen Does Happen" by Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw both cover some of the latest research and developments in quantum physics, including the Higgs boson and string theory.
Yes, there are many websites and online tools that can supplement your learning of quantum physics, such as Khan Academy's Quantum Mechanics section, MIT OpenCourseWare's Quantum Physics course, and the Quantum Mechanics Simulator by PhET Interactive Simulations.