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

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Itzhak Bars' book on Quantum Mechanics (QM) is available for download at 10.25 MB but is incomplete, lacking three chapters that cover advanced QM topics. While some users find the treatment of symmetries and angular momentum in Bars' work promising, they recommend alternative texts by Gallindo and Pascual, Manoukian, and Ballentine as superior resources. The discussion emphasizes the importance of accessing complete materials for effective learning, particularly in advanced subjects.

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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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