'Quantum mechanics the theoretical minimum' book

[Sherlin Pinto]

I want to know about the book 'quantum mechanics: the theoretical minimum' book by Leonard Susskind. Is it a book worth buying

 

[Vanadium 50]

Maybe.

If the answer is vague, well so was the question. You get out of it what you put in it.

 

[PeroK]

I want to know about the book 'quantum mechanics: the theoretical minimum' book by Leonard Susskind. Is it a book worth buying

What's your background in maths and physics?

 

[Sherlin Pinto]

What's your background in maths and physics?

Not bad I hold a master's in physics

 

[PeroK]

Not bad I hold a master's in physics

Is that from a long time ago? Have you ever studied QM?

 

[Sherlin Pinto]

Maybe.

If the answer is vague, well so was the question. You get out of it what you put in it.

Thanks for your reply. If you know about the book please let me know about the level and content of the book. I also would like to know about how the concepts explained in the same, if possible a detailed review.

 

[Sherlin Pinto]

Is that from a long time ago? Have you ever studied QM?

Not long ago. I just completed last year and I have studied QM. I just wanted a better understanding? so I want to know if the conceptual explanation in it is good as it is the first time I came across this book.

 

[vanhees71]

I think it's a very nice introduction. It uses the "qbit-first approach", i.e., it explains most of the formalism using the most simple example of a 2D Hilbert space, describing, e.g., a spin of $s=1/2$. It avoids all the mathematical trouble of observables with continuous spectra but at the end also wave mechanics is treated.

 

[Sherlin Pinto]

I think it's a very nice introduction. It uses the "qbit-first approach", i.e., it explains most of the formalism using the most simple example of a 2D Hilbert space, describing, e.g., a spin of $s=1/2$. It avoids all the mathematical trouble of observables with continuous spectra but at the end also wave mechanics is treated.

Thank you