Ballentine's Quantum Mechanics: What Makes it Special?

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Start date Jun 10, 2009
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The discussion centers around the merits of a specific book, with a focus on its logic and rigor as key attributes that make it preferable. Participants suggest that to receive more targeted and useful responses, the original poster should clarify their expectations and specific interests regarding the book. This would help streamline the conversation and prevent information from being dispersed across multiple topics.

Jun 10, 2009

Goldbeetle

Dear all,
what's so good about this book that makes it preferable?
Thanks.
Goldbeetle

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Jun 10, 2009

malawi_glenn

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the logic and the rigour

Jun 10, 2009

Landau

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I suggest to move this to this topic, so the information will not be scattered over many different topics.

To get a useful answer, maybe you should specify your question (what do you expect from it?).

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