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  • sgreger1
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    • Mar 2009
    • 9451

    Quantum Mechanics.. Book suggestions

    I am tryin to find a good book on Quantum Mechanics. I understand the basic principles but I want something that goes into a little more detail without requiring me to have a PHD.


    Does anyone have any suggestions of books you've read that may help me better understand how quantum mechanics works?

    Thanks in advance

    EDIT: Keep in mind I am a layman and don't have an extensive background in mathematics or mechanics so I obviously will not be able to get into the real details. Something that provides a basic explanation of it that is readable by someone with only a high school education for self learning purposes only.
  • justintempler
    Member
    • Nov 2008
    • 3090

    #2
    http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4789...ntum_Mechanics

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    • VBSnus
      Member
      • Jul 2009
      • 532

      #3
      http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Un...2156438&sr=1-1

      Awesome book and easy to understand. And I didn't go to college, so you're cool.

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      • Liandri
        Member
        • Jul 2009
        • 604

        #4
        Whatever stupid plan you got going in your head, it isn't going to work.

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        • adm
          Member
          • Oct 2009
          • 240

          #5
          Originally posted by Liandri
          Whatever stupid plan you got going in your head, it isn't going to work.
          In some versions of the universe, it already has worked!

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          • joe broker
            Member
            • Nov 2008
            • 54

            #6
            Seriously, as someone who spent 4 years in a physics PhD program, why do you want to know this? It doesn't entirely make sense to a lot of people who study it. Just Wikipedia Schrodinger's Cat, that's about as good an overview as one can expect to get. Just my HUMBLE opinion.

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            • Liandri
              Member
              • Jul 2009
              • 604

              #7
              Originally posted by adm
              Originally posted by Liandri
              Whatever stupid plan you got going in your head, it isn't going to work.
              In some versions of the universe, it already has worked!
              OVER MY DEAD BODY! Maybe that has happened already too? Maybe I succeeded? MAYBE I'M KING OF THE UNIVERSE!

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              • VBSnus
                Member
                • Jul 2009
                • 532

                #8
                Originally posted by Liandri
                Originally posted by adm
                Originally posted by Liandri
                Whatever stupid plan you got going in your head, it isn't going to work.
                In some versions of the universe, it already has worked!
                OVER MY DEAD BODY! Maybe that has happened already too? Maybe I succeeded? MAYBE I'M KING OF THE UNIVERSE!
                Haven't you ever read the Schroedinger's Liandri theory? It's all the rage a few googolplex realities over.

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                • sgreger1
                  Member
                  • Mar 2009
                  • 9451

                  #9
                  Originally posted by joe broker
                  Seriously, as someone who spent 4 years in a physics PhD program, why do you want to know this? It doesn't entirely make sense to a lot of people who study it. Just Wikipedia Schrodinger's Cat, that's about as good an overview as one can expect to get. Just my HUMBLE opinion.
                  Well while I understand the complexity of the subject, and I realize I will not likely be able to understand it in any relevant capacity, I still like to read what I can on things.

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                  • adm
                    Member
                    • Oct 2009
                    • 240

                    #10
                    Why not read Albert Einstein's blog on the subject:

                    http://journeybystarlight.blogspot.com/

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                    • Starcadia
                      Member
                      • May 2008
                      • 646

                      #11
                      Quantum: A Guide for the Perplexed by Jim Al-Khalili is a nice intro.

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