Refreshing quantum mechanics after 50 years away

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How did you find PF?
google search for QM books etc.
I have now retired (thanks covid) from signal processing work, and would like to get a clear understanding of QM.
My undergraduate physics of 50 years ago is a bit hazy now, but my maths is comprehensive and well honed :-).
I enjoyed the wikipedia article on Bell's theorem, but I have forgotten the Dirac notation, so some bits not accessible.
My classical mechanics and statistical mechanics are likewise a bit foggy.
Any pointers to on-line courses or books to repair my familiarity quickly?
I would like to be able to see clearly how the theories and interpretations are justified by experiment.

Thanks
 
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stuartmacg said:
I would like to be able to see clearly how the theories and interpretations are justified by experiment.
Welcome to the forum.

Just as a note, interpretations are NOT "justified by experiment" because any experiment gives the same result regardless of which interpretation you think is right. If they didn't, then the "interpretation" wouldn't be an interpretation any longer, it would be a theory (or perhaps it would become THE theory).