periglo reviewed Quantum mechanics by Leonard Susskind
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5 stars
Outstanding. Have read it twice, and I am thinking about reading it a third time as I write this review.
What distinguishes this books from other ones it that the unique feature of quantum mechanics is presented at the very beginning. This has more to do with probability than with actual physics, and you only need one q-bit to explain it. You need two to explain entanglement. This is all of course great for those interested in quantum computing.
After that, the whole "classic" quantum mechanics is developed... in the last part of the book, almost as an afterthought. There are, nevertheless, topics that are sometimes ignored and are brilliantly discussed, such as, what happened to F = m a ?
Outstanding. Have read it twice, and I am thinking about reading it a third time as I write this review.
What distinguishes this books from other ones it that the unique feature of quantum mechanics is presented at the very beginning. This has more to do with probability than with actual physics, and you only need one q-bit to explain it. You need two to explain entanglement. This is all of course great for those interested in quantum computing.
After that, the whole "classic" quantum mechanics is developed... in the last part of the book, almost as an afterthought. There are, nevertheless, topics that are sometimes ignored and are brilliantly discussed, such as, what happened to F = m a ?
