Additional textbook to Sakurai and Ballentine

In summary: It might be a good one to look at if you are looking for a more mathematical book to explain the concepts without getting too bogged down in the mathematics.In summary, the person is looking for a textbook that is similar in level to Sakurai and Ballentine, but with more explanation and less mathematics. They suggest Gottfried & Yan, Quantum Physics by Bellac, and Quantum Mechanics by Auletta.
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Hi. I already have Sakurai and Ballentine. I am looking for another textbook at a similar level. I am considering Gottfried & Yan , "Quantum Physics" by Bellac , "Quantum Mechanics" by Auletta. Any thoughts on these textbooks or any other suitable alternatives ? I do like textbooks that have worked examples in them.
Thanks
 
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Of the mentioned three books I only know Gottfried and Yan, which I think is a very good textbook. Of course, as DrClaude, I also recommend the Greiner books. My favorites in this series are the volume on symmetries in QM (Berndt Müller et al) and "Field Quantization" (Joachim Reinhardt).
 
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I believe Sakurai and Ballentine go wonderfully together (you might find Sakurai too concise at times), why would you need a 3rd book? Do you want more mathematics or more explanation for the principles/applications? More mathematics: (the most) = the 2 volume set of Galindo and Pascual which you can find here: https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=dp_byl...+Galindo&sort=relevancerank&tag=pfamazon01-20 [yes, the price might seem high, but you can ask for it at the closest big university library]. For more on the theory content (with little emphasis on the mathematics behind) you have the old book by Landau & Lifschitz or the new one by S. Weinberg.
 
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Thanks for your replies. I like to have as many different explanations as possible as I have found that no single book covers everything or explains everything well.
 
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Although I did not read it 100%, Shankar wrote very good book in the quantum mechanics. I say it is quite gentle and explanatory.
 

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