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Quantum Methods with Mathematica

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The previous review was for the 1994 edition of the book. I bought the 2002 version of the book. This edition does not have the disk packaged with the book. Instead a broken link to the TELOS web page is given. After much searching on the internet I did find some of the notebooks for the book. But not the notebooks and ASCII text for each chapter. Without the chapter notebooks the 2002 version is just about worthless. It has only been four years since this edition was published and TELOS does not support the book. So I give the book two stars.

Quantum methods with Mathematica is one of these concept books
that combine a traditional subject with a new and powerfull
way of presenting and analysing it.
Quantum mechanics due to its mathematical nature is particuarly
well suited for a Mathematica face-lift.
I think the book is well suited for teaching undergraduate
QM since you do things instead of just reading about them
and that usually works with students.
On a proffesional basis, it is not particularky well suited
for heavy duty work but having said that to do such a thing
would destroy its usefullness as a textbook.
It can act as the starting point for more serious work with
Mathematica and QM, and I would recommend it as a reference book
or teaching aid with no hesitation.