Quantum Mechanics

Stanford University's Felix Bloch Professor of Theoretical Physics is Leonard Susskind. Among his many books are Quantum Mechanics (co-written with Art Friedman) and The Theoretical Minimum (co-written with George Hrabovsky). Art Friedman is a data consultant who previously worked as a software developer for Hewlett-Packard for fifteen years.

Susskind and Friedman present a fun introduction to this famously difficult topic, which aims to comprehend the behavior of subatomic things through mathematical abstractions, in this follow-up to the New York Times best-selling The Theoretical Minimum. Unlike earlier popularizations that avoid the strangeness of quantum mechanics, Quantum Mechanics accepts the total strangeness of quantum logic. The writers provide straightforward explanations of quantum state concepts, uncertainty and time dependence, entanglement, and particle and wave states, among other topics, and each chapter contains exercises to ensure knowledge of each area. This book, like The Theoretical Minimum, runs concurrently with Susskind's eponymous Stanford University-hosted continuing education course.

Quantum Mechanics, a simple yet rigorous introduction to a notoriously difficult topic, presents a tool kit for amateur scientists to explore physics at their own pace. It is regarded as one of the best books on calculus.

Author: Art Friedman

Link to buy: https://www.amazon.com/Quantum-Mechanics-Theoretical-Leonard-Susskind/dp/0465062903/

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