Quantummechanicsisacoresubjectinanyundergraduatephysicscourse,sinceitisthebasisforallmoderndescriptionsofthestructureandbehaviourofmatter.Thisbookprovidesanintroductiontothetheoreticalfoundationsofquantummechanicsforstudentsofexperimentalphysics.Itisintendedasanintermediatetextforthosewhohavealreadycompletedanintroductorycourseinquantumphysics.
Aresumeanddiscussionofthephenomenawhichledtothedevelopmentofquantummechanicsisgiveninthefirstchapter,andthemathematicalstructureofthetheoryisdevelopedgraduallythroughoutthetext,alongwiththenecessarymathematicaltools.Althoughamathematicalpresentationisessential,theemphasisisonunderstandingtheneedfortheformatlismandthenatureofthecalculationsinvolvedratherthanontechnicalmathematicalskills.