Good textbook(s) for self-studying Quantum Physics

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Meow12 said:
I just listened to an awesome YouTube lecture on Quantum Mechanics by Sean Carroll:

I may buy his book Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime someday. This is really what I was looking for--not grad school textbooks.
This is not self-studying quantum physics. This is listening to quantum stories.

You were given plenty of undergraduate text suggestions.
 
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Frabjous said:
This is not self-studying quantum physics. This is listening to quantum stories.

You were given plenty of undergraduate text suggestions.
I guess I should've been more clear in my OP--I have no intention of solving the Schrödinger wave equation.
 
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If you are near finishing your degree in math I think it’s well worth your time to familiarize yourself with simple potentials via solving the Schrödinger equation.
 
Meow12 said:
I guess I should've been more clear in my OP--I have no intention of solving the Schrödinger wave equation.
You asked for textbooks. That's what you were given.

You also said you are not averse to equations, so I'm puzzled by your statement that you have no intention of solving the Schrödinger equation. That statement is also not consistent with your request for textbooks, since textbooks are going to want you to solve equations in their exercises.

In any case, it looks like your OP request has been met, so this thread is now closed.