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Principles of Quantum Mechanics, 2nd Edition by R. Shankar, is a definitive textbook offering updated mathematical foundations, advanced topics like time-reversal invariance, and comprehensive path integral coverage. Ideal for advanced undergraduates and graduate students, it supports both classroom and self-study with exercises and solutions, making it a must-have for serious physics and engineering professionals.
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| Customer Reviews | 4.4 out of 5 stars 358 Reviews |
C**R
Excellent Printing and Binding
1. One of the best books to learn QM. 2. Excellent printing and binding quality. (Printed in the Netherlands) 3. Authentic hard-cover binding with pages stitched together. 4. This edition is printed in normal paper unlike the older editions which were printed in glossy paper. 5. The only issue that still remains from the previous prints is the font-size. Some times, the equations are printed with very small fonts.
L**A
Great book to start off with QM
Great book to start off with QM, provided you haven't had much exposure to QM earlier (in which case go for something else or clear off your mind first). The first chapter introduces all the necessary mathematical tools necessary for the later chapters. It's written in a neat, no-extras, to-the-point fashion, with the right amount of rigor right from the beginning. FYI, this is considered a highly recommended textbook in today's QM courses. Highly recommended for undergraduates.
S**H
Book condition
This is a review of the hard bound book rather than its contents. The book is in excellent condition.
S**A
COMPLETE MATHEMATICAL AND THEORETICAL APPROACH.
It has theoretical realm of Quantum Mechanics. If you want to study quantum mechanics for the first time, do not order this book. Its full of mathematical devices. This book is highly useful and is recommended to research students and those doing post graduation or are 2nd or 3rd year graduation students. If you are good at Introductory Level of Q. Mechanics then order it. If you order : 'Quantum Physics: Of Atoms, Molecules, Solids, Nuclei and Particles' by Eisberg and Resnick you would understand the APPLIED logic of quantum physics. When you have gone through this book or other introductory book, then order this book. I will recommend you this book only if you are quite good at the sense made by Quantum Mechanics.
A**R
A good textbook
This starts with a mathematical introduction (don't skip it) and goes on to cover all standard topics in quantum mechanics in a satisfactory way.
S**2
Excellent book for motivated undergraduates
Excellent text for an introduction to Quantum Mechanics. Covers the basics extensively and clearly. Problems are challenging. Highly recommended for motivated undergraduates.
A**D
Lovely book
wonderful book.... I loved it... This deals with both non-relativistic and relativistic part beautifully... A complete book both in interpretation and mathematics... wonderful....
R**A
Received fake book.
Just by looking caught the book is fake, upon opening the book binding was awful, sewn pages very tight. Also printing was pathetic. Springer’s produce superb quality books. Can’t fool so easily with counterfeits.
M**O
Perfect conditions hardcover book.
Beautiful book and in pristine conditions. I am very happy with the order.
J**Y
Fantastic book if you're not sure what maths you need.
This book is pretty much as described. The thing which attracted me to it is that its introductory chapter is 73 pages of the mathematics you'll need. For years I have been looking for something like this, not wanting to teach myself all pure and applied mathematics up to graduate level just to make sure I had what was needed for quantum mechanics (and special relativity, but that, as the saying goes, is a different story). So I put off teaching myself the quantum mechanics I had been wanting to learn since high school but didn't because I didn't continue my maths/science degree. Now I'm confident I have what I need. The specialist maths (math to Americans) is not much beyond first year linear algebra with complex vector spaces. It would have been nice to know just how little maths you really need decades ago, but I'm happy now. My only complaint is the small number of worked out solutions to the problems in the appendix. It is quite an old book, for those to whom such trivialities are deal breakers, but then you don't have to be at the cutting edge to treat the basics, do you? Highly recommended to anyone who, like me, wants to learn only so much maths as is absolutely necessary, and not one bit more. Life is too short to learn everything, but understanding quantum mechanics, or understanding you don't understand more clearly than a popular science book can communicate, is surely worth the effort.
M**O
Il migliore
Fantastico. È da 10 anni che da ingegnere autodidatta provo a capire la MQ. Ho provato il sakuray, il griffith, lezioni su youtube e altro con risultati parziali. Questo testo parte da zero con oltre 100 pagine di basi matematiche e richiami di fisica classica e ti porta passo passo a un livello universitario di MQ con tanto di equazione di dirac, integrale sui cammini , spin, metodo della perturbazione dipendente dal tempo, principio di indeterminazione, di esclusione di pauli, ecc.. non manca nulla per una solida base. Mi ero quasi rassegnato finché ho trovato questo libro
J**O
Bien, lamentablemente es ilegible en tabletas y móviles
Por ahora sólo he leído los primeros capítulos y en principio se puede seguir (por ahora) si se tiene conocimientos algo buenos de matemáticas. PERO (siempre hay un pero) las fórmulas son ilegibles en una tableta o móvil. Salen en un tamaño muy reducido, ilegible. Para leerlo hay que hacer doble click en cada fórmula. Entonces la fórmula pasa a ocupar toda la pantalla y se puede leer, pero pierdes la referencia de las anteriores y posteriores. Si aumentas el tamaño de la letra, se aumenta la letra, pero las fórmulas continúan igual de pequeñas. Dado que mi tiempo de lectura es en el metro, esto me imposibilita su lectura. Sólo lo puedo leer en el Kindle del PC de mi casa, pero no tengo tiempo de leerlo en casa. No me gusta comentar un libro sin haberlo terminado, pero creo que es importante que se conozca este mal formateo del libro-
M**A
One of the best QM books!
If you are beggining to study QM, it may be a little hard getting used with concepts and ideas. This book has helped me to clarify my conceptual doubts on the subject, thanks to the well-defined structure of the information (mathematical review and classical mechanics first, in contrast with many other text that mix those ideas with the common problems in QM). The delivering took place 3 days before the expectation date, which was fantastic!
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