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Quantum Mechanics, Vol. 2

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Written by one of the most proeminent physicists in quantum optics, this book shows, besides his competence, his very high level of didactic. The problems are well-choosen and there are plenty of examples to make everything clear. It's worth to have it!

After years of searching for a really good book on non-relativistic quantum mechanics, I found it in this book. The beginning student can easily understand it and it's comprehensiveness will appeal to the more advanced student. It's use of the Dirac notation makes for a clean and concise treatment. The book is FAR better than most other quantum mechanics books found in university libraries, in my opinion.

If you are fed up with QM books that bury you under tons of formulas from page one to the end, and who are written by authors who seem to hide their own ignorance of QM behind the equations, get this book and its first volume. Without any doubts, one of the best AND clearest books on QM, with mathematics used wisely.

This book was given as a gift for my son in graduate school. He needed the book. It's just what he needed.

Complete, pedagogical, and beautiful. These volumes have it all! Now, they might seem disorganised at first, but once you read the "Introduction" and the "Directions for Use" page you will learn how to navigate the book. Don't be intimidated by the thickness of these two volumes; most of it is due to chapter complements, which are wholly optional.

It is highly recommended that you have some previous experience with elementary quantum physics before hitting Cohen-Tannoudji. Eisber and Resnik or French and Taylor (MIT series) are both good starts.

Use of the Dirac notation allows a clean and concise treatment. The book makes QM easy to understand, and it is comprehensive.

Use of the Dirac notation allows a clean and concise treatment. The book makes QM easy to understand, and it is comprehensive.