Is Itzhak Bars' Book on Quantum Mechanics Worth the 10.25 MB Download?

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Itzhak Bars' book on quantum mechanics, while promising, has a significant file size of 10.25 MB and is noted to be incomplete. Some users believe that other texts by Gallindo and Pascual, Manoukian, and Ballentine provide better coverage of the subject. Despite its shortcomings, Bars' book is considered useful for learning undergraduate quantum mechanics, particularly in areas like symmetries and angular momentum. However, the absence of three advanced chapters limits its comprehensiveness. Overall, it may still offer valuable insights for those studying the basics of quantum mechanics.
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itzhak bars' book on QM, it looks promising, but beware it weighs 10.25 MB, here:
 
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You've given a link to an incomplete document. Even if the book was complete, i still think Gallindo and Pascual, Manoukian and Ballentine have written better books.
 
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dextercioby said:
Even if the book was complete, i still think Gallindo and Pascual, Manoukian and Ballentine have written better books.

But you can't download them from the web for free, without violating copyright, can you? :rolleyes:
 
What use would it do, if what you download is not complete ?

I like the symmetries and angular momentum treatment in Bars, nevertheless...
 
i still think you can learn from this quite a bit.
the three chapters that are missing there, are chapters of advanced QM.
so you still can learn the undergraduate QM from this text.
 
loop quantum gravity said:
itzhak bars' book on QM, it looks promising, but beware it weighs 10.25 MB, here:
http://physics.usc.edu/%7Ebars/courses/book2006.pdf

thank you
 
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