Full name: Quantum Mechanics: Non-Relativistic Theory

Author: L. D. Landau Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Amazon Goodreads ISBNs: 9780750635394 0750635398

This is a unique book in the area of quantum mechanics, but I would not recommend it as a first textbook on QM. It reads more like an anthology of high-level research in the area up to the 1970s (although there are still some great explanations in there which make it useful as a reference).The background knowledge assumed is fairly punishing: I would not recommend it if you have not taken at least a year's worth of courses on graduate-level physics and applied mathematics. In particular, there is a section in the middle of the book where the theory of symmetry groups is applied to energy levels for configurations of polyatomic molecules. I have myself done a course on molecular physics and have also self-studied symmetry groups (making a particular study of the tetrahedron group) so I was personally able to follow along, but this section felt like it could be a bit too much for some students. Similar books: Modern Quantum Mechanics by J. J. Sakurai The Principles of Quantum Mechanics by Paul Dirac Advanced Quantum Mechanics by J. J. Sakurai Lectures on Quantum Mechanics by Paul Dirac Principles of Quantum Mechanics by R. Shankar Quantum Theory by David Bohm The Physical Principles of the Quantum Theory by Werner Heisenberg Quantum Physics of Atoms, Molecules, Solids, Nuclei, and Particles by Robert Eisberg Introduction to Quantum Mechanics by David J. Griffiths Speakable and Unspeakable in Quantum Mechanics by J. S. Bell Quantum Mechanics and Experience by David Z. Albert Quantum Field Theory in a Nutshell by Anthony Zee Quantum Mechanics by Leonard Susskind The Quantum Theory of Fields, Vol. 1: Foundations by Steven Weinberg Einstein's Unfinished Revolution by Lee Smolin