What Are Beginner-Friendly Books for Learning Quantum Mechanics?

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Beginner-friendly books for learning quantum mechanics include Susskind's book and Feynman's lectures, both of which require a calculus background. For a more accessible introduction, "The Quantum Universe" by Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw is recommended due to its less intensive mathematical approach. Additional resources include video lectures from MIT and the Theoretical Minimum series. Liboff and Basdevant are also suggested as complementary texts to enhance understanding alongside video lectures. Overall, combining reading with video resources is advised for a well-rounded learning experience.
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please recommend easy-going self learn introductory book for quantum mechanics
 
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Get an easy book which does a lot like Liboff or Basdevant to go along with the YT lectures. It helps to read something, too. Or the 3rd volume of Feynman's lectures.
 
A good free book is (but ignore sections 12.4 and 12.5 which I think are wrong):

http://arxiv.org/abs/1007.4184
An Introductory Course on Quantum Mechanics
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I've watched ( I'm watching) susskinds lectures on iTunes and I'm reading the Feynman lectures and you need calculus for those two. So if you arent familiar with calculus, learn calculus. Or , read " The Quantum Universe: Everything that can happen does happen " by Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw. Its less intensive mathematically.
 
For simple comparison, I think the same thought process can be followed as a block slides down a hill, - for block down hill, simple starting PE of mgh to final max KE 0.5mv^2 - comparing PE1 to max KE2 would result in finding the work friction did through the process. efficiency is just 100*KE2/PE1. If a mousetrap car travels along a flat surface, a starting PE of 0.5 k th^2 can be measured and maximum velocity of the car can also be measured. If energy efficiency is defined by...

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