Review:`Anexcellenttext....Thepostulatesofquantummechanicsandthemathematicalunderpinningsarediscussedinaclear,succintmanner.-AmericanScientist,fromareviewoftheFirstEditionBookDescription
ReviewsfromtheFirstEdition:
"Anexcellenttext…Thepostulatesofquantummechanicsandthemathematicalunderpinningsarediscussedinaclear,succinctmanner."(AmericanScientist)
"NomatterhowgentlyoneintroducesstudentstotheconceptofDirac’sbrasandkets,manyareturnedoff.Shankarattackstheproblemhead-oninthefirstchapter,andinaveryinformalstylesuggeststhatthereisnothingtobefrightenedof."(PhysicsBulletin)
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R.ShankarhasintroducedmajoradditionsandupdatedkeypresentationsinthissecondeditionofPrinciplesofQuantumMechanics.Newfeaturesofthisinnovativetextincludeanentirelyrewrittenmathematicalintroduction,adiscussionofTime-reversalinvariance,andextensivecoverageofavarietyofpathintegralsandtheirapplications.Additionalhighlightsinclude:
-Clear,accessibletreatmentofunderlyingmathematics
-AreviewofNewtonian,Lagrangian,andHamiltonianmechanics
-Studentunderstandingofquantumtheoryisenhancedbyseparatetreatmentofmathematicaltheoremsandphysicalpostulates
-Unsurpassedcoverageofpathintegralsandtheirrelevanceincontemporaryphysics
Therequisitetextforadvancedundergraduate-andgraduate-levelstudents,PrinciplesofQuantumMechanics,SecondEditionisfullyreferencedandissupportedbymanyexercisesandsolutions.Thebook’sself-containedchaptersalsomakeitsuitableforindependentstudyaswellasforcoursesinapplieddisciplines.