The authors succeed in their stated purpose of providing a rigorous introduction to QM without the math. That is to say, they succeed at which so many others have failed and continue to fail (witness the mounting pile of books about quantum this or the other). Get this one. Especially if you are studying the subject formally and are getting lost in the math (as I was not that long ago.) This book will keep you sane. Even if you don't want or need the math, but you are curious about quantum physics, this is the book to get. And I say that after having tried about 10 different intros, some mathematical but most of them not. By the way, you don't actually need that much math. If you can do integrals of trig and exponential functions, multiply vectors and matrices, and you know basic algebra of complex numbers, go ahead and read this book together with Eisberg and Resnick 's textbook and you will know everything a physics major knows about quantum mechanics. It's really easier than you think if you are willing to accept the (amply proven) fact that the universe does not work the way we expect it to work on the basis of our sensory perception. I guarantee you that the understanding that emerges is worth the effort.
Another aside: I actually disagree with Feynman: plenty of people understand quantum mechanics- at least as much as we understand gravity or electricity-; the difference is only that scientists are not comfortable -nor should they ever be- accepting the results of experiments that are extremely difficult to replicate and impossible to relate to through mental pictures alone. On the other hand, where is the experiment that proves that 2+2=4 (without any units.) There is none. However, we all know and "understand" that to be true, even though only relatively few people can legitimately claim to understand it.
Sorry for the digression. I just don't think QM is that hard (Quantum Field Theory, or QM near the speed of light, is another story) ,and it should have become part of what every educated person is familiar with.
Last (and least) I have seen a negative review of the book based on the fact that the pictures of Pauli and Dirac have been wrongly placed together with the bio of the other one. What can I say, these things happen in the printing world. And I find it almost "appropriate" in a chapter about particle spin (is it up or down? You only know when you look.)
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RayM
A wonderful step-up in knowledge
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Excellent introductory overview of QM
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