Lectures on quantum mechanics
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"Nobel Laureate Steven Weinberg combines his exceptional physical insight with his gift for clear exposition to provide a concise introduction to modern quantum mechanics. Ideally suited to a one-year graduate course, this textbook is also a useful reference for researchers. Readers are introduced to the subject through a review of the history of quantum mechanics and an account of classic solutions of the Schrödinger equation, before quantum mechanics is developed in a modern Hilbert space approach. The textbook covers many topics not often found in other books on the subject, including alter
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…Feynman/Schwinger level, as in "did lots of great work, inspired lots of people, and realized the standard narratives have serious problems and wasn't afraid to say it and go his own way". His last textbook Lectures on Quantum Mechanics is one of the few extraordinarily notable textbooks on quantum theory that came out in last decades. If you want to get deeper into QT after you get through the standard superficial and hand-wavy college…
on “Steven Weinberg has died” ↗Weinberg's Lectures on Quantum Mechanics has an illuminating historical introduction for its first chapter. The introduction to his Quantum Theory of Fields is more specifically about quantum field theory, fittingly, and focuses on later developments.…
on “Quantum Mechanics, Concise Book” ↗…Abrikosov, Gorkov, and Dzyaloshinski - Methods of Quantum Field Theory in Statistical Physics Cohen-Tannoudji - Quantum Mechanics (1+2) Dirac - Lectures on Quantum Mechanics Eddington - Space, Time, and Gravitation Feynman - Feynman's Thesis Feynman and Hibbs - Quantum Mechanics and Path…
on “Ask HN: What are your favorite physics sites, documentaries, books?” ↗…article and some comments: http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2017/01/19/trouble-with-quan... http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2017/04/06/steven-weinberg-p... He gives more details in section 3.7 of his "Lectures on Quantum Mechanics" (Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics) which ends as follows: "My own conclusion is that today there is no interpretation of quantum mechanics that does not have serious flaws. This view is not universally…
on “The Quantum Theory and Reality (1979) [pdf]” ↗