Building intuition for Quantum Mechanics

[RubinLicht]

I've been reading about self teaching physics (mainly because the college curriculum is too slow to get me to any meaningful level of understanding at the end of four years), and an issue was brought up about lack of intuition in quantum mechanics/GR, and depending too much on the math.

I was wondering if there are books or other resources that are purely collections of quantum phenomena or experiments, which I can then use to "build my intuition" regarding what actually happens, and work through how individual topics work together to make something happen.

Also, other advice on how to build intuition in general helps too.

I think it may be possible that I'm looking for a Flying circus of physics" type book for quantum mechanics.

 

[DrClaude]

I would advise against trying to first build up an intuition about QM. Work with the math as much as you can, and the intuition will come as a result. You will find many threads in this forum where people get to the wrong answer by relying on their intuition instead of some firmer ground.

By the way, by "math" I do not mean anything complicated. Mastering the Dirac notation can take you a long way into understanding QM.

 

[Spinnor]

I like this book,

Quantics: Rudiments of Quantum Physics
by https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1?ie=UTF8&text=Jean-Marc+Levy-Leblond&search-alias=books&field-author=Jean-Marc+Levy-Leblond&sort=relevancerank&tag=pfamazon01-20 (Author), https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_book_2?ie=UTF8&text=Francoise+Balibar&search-alias=books&field-author=Francoise+Balibar&sort=relevancerank&tag=pfamazon01-20 (Author), https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_book_3?ie=UTF8&text=S.+Twareque+Ali&search-alias=books&field-author=S.+Twareque+Ali&sort=relevancerank&tag=pfamazon01-20 (Translator)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0444881204/?tag=pfamazon01-20

Less than $30. Lots of experimental quantum mechanical "facts" along with the math that explains these facts. Check out the book if you can.