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When I was studying quantum mechanics, I quite often went to this book for a very different perspective on a lot of the details. I found it to be exceptionally

When I was studying quantum mechanics, I quite often went to this book for a very different perspective on a lot of the details. I found it to be exceptionally well written and had a seemingly different approach from the typical college or graduate level quantum mechanics textbook. We had a copy in one of our department libraries, if you can get your hands on one, I recommend giving it a read when you want a new perspective on an academic quantum mechanics concept :) I am far enough away from that part of my life, I apologize for not being able to give a more detailed and convincing testimonial for this book.

masteranza 7y ago
Indeed. Not only can one get a glance of a unique perspective of one of the founding fathers, but also a lot of important facts not covered in many other textbooks. One of such facts are the low heat capacities of atoms that do not fit any classical theory. This fact alone is able to kill most of the "alternative" interpretations of quantum mechanics that the popular media sell-off as "science" nowadays.
- teilo 7y ago
  Where can I read more about this?
  - TheGallopedHigh 7y ago
    I believe you should be able to read about it in the aforementioned book
    - hcs 7y ago
      https://archive.org/details/1quantumMechanicsByPamDirac https://archive.org/details/1quantumMechanicsByPamDirac I don't know where to start looking, but there's the book (in the original English) for any interested. Edit: a better scan, of the 1st ed: https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.177580 https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.177580
- jacobolus 7y ago
  > "alternative" interpretations of quantum mechanics that the popular media sell-off as "science" nowadays What does this mean?
- gmoot 7y ago
  My impression of the different quantum mechanics interpretations (copenhagen, many worlds...) is that they are observationally equivalent. Is this not true?

masteranza 7y ago

Indeed. Not only can one get a glance of a unique perspective of one of the founding fathers, but also a lot of important facts not covered in many other textbooks. One of such facts are the low heat capacities of atoms that do not fit any classical theory. This fact alone is able to kill most of the "alternative" interpretations of quantum mechanics that the popular media sell-off as "science" nowadays.

teilo 7y ago
Where can I read more about this?
- TheGallopedHigh 7y ago
  I believe you should be able to read about it in the aforementioned book
  - hcs 7y ago
    https://archive.org/details/1quantumMechanicsByPamDirac https://archive.org/details/1quantumMechanicsByPamDirac I don't know where to start looking, but there's the book (in the original English) for any interested. Edit: a better scan, of the 1st ed: https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.177580 https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.177580
jacobolus 7y ago
> "alternative" interpretations of quantum mechanics that the popular media sell-off as "science" nowadays What does this mean?
gmoot 7y ago
My impression of the different quantum mechanics interpretations (copenhagen, many worlds...) is that they are observationally equivalent. Is this not true?