Full name: Quantum Mechanics: The Theoretical Minimum

Author: Leonard Susskind Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Purchase/reserch links: Barns&Noble Amazon LibraryThing Goodreads ISBNs: 9780465036677 0465036678

From the bestselling author of The Theoretical Minimum, a DIY introduction to the math and science of quantum physicsFirst he taught you classical mechanics. Now, physicist Leonard Susskind has teamed up with data engineer Art Friedman to present the theory and associated mathematics of the strange world of quantum mechanics.In this follow-up to The Theoretical Minimum, Susskind and Friedman provide a lively introduction to this famously difficult field, which attempts to understand the behavior of sub-atomic objects through mathematical abstractions. Unlike other popularizations that shy away from quantum mechanics’ weirdness, Quantum Mechanics embraces the utter strangeness of quantum logic. The authors offer crystal-clear explanations of the principles of quantum states, uncertainty and time dependence, entanglement, and particle and wave states, among other topics, and each chapter includes exercises to ensure mastery of each area. Like The Theoretical Minimum, this volume runs parallel to Susskind’s eponymous Stanford University-hosted continuing education course.An approachable yet rigorous introduction to a famously difficult topic, Quantum Mechanics provides a tool kit for amateur scientists to learn physics at their own pace. Similar books: What Is Real? by Adam Becker The Physical Principles of the Quantum Theory by Werner Heisenberg Dance of the Photons by Anton Zeilinger Quantum Theory by David Bohm The Lightness of Being by Frank Wilczek A Different Universe by Robert B. Laughlin Quantum Physics: Illusion or Reality? by Alastair I. M. Rae The Quantum Universe by Tony Hey For the Love of Physics by Walter Lewin Taking The Quantum Leap by Fred Alan Wolf Quantum Mechanics and Experience by David Z. Albert The Theory of Almost Everything by Robert Oerter The God Effect by Brian Clegg The Ghost in the Atom by P. C. W. Davies Something Deeply Hidden by Sean Carroll