Preparing for Quantum Physics: Recommended Books, Courses, and Topics

[Norcalli]

What books/courses/topics would you say or recommend for the prerequisites to be able to fully understand Quantum Physics (or at least get started doing so)?

I find that my school's courses are really slow for me and I want to get ahead so that I don't waste my time.

I have finished Calculus II and Differential equations. I'm starting Calc III and linear algebra soon.

Thank you.

 

[fss]

Linear Algebra, for one.

 

[jtbell]

If you're referring to a course named "Quantum Physics" at your college/university, what does the school's course catalog or website say about prerequisites? At some schools, it's a second-year course that requires only Calc 1 and 2 as prerequisites. At others, it's a third/fourth-year course that might require calculus and differential equations as prerequisite. Also, what kind of course is it? It may be either a course that covers a variety of atomic, molecular, nuclear and/or solid-state physics topics, or it may be a course that focuses narrowly on the mathematics of quantum mechanics.