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I'm not sure what's college level physics like, but for me (math/CS background) learning quantum physics was: - Quantum algorithms and computing: "Quantum Comp
by karlicoss 7y ago
I'm not sure what's college level physics like, but for me (math/CS background) learning quantum physics was:
- Quantum algorithms and computing: "Quantum Computing Since Democritus" by Scott Aaronson [0] and "Quantum Computation and Quantum Information" by Nielsen and Chuang [1]. "Quantum Computer Science" by Mermin is really good too.
- Leonard Susskind's lectures on quantum mechanics [3]
- "Introduction to Quantum Mechanics" by David Griffiths [4] -- just your regular QM textbook. Recommended by many and I found the explanations clear and easy to follow
- also there are some recommendations by John Baez [5], that I've personally not checked out, but when Baez recommends something, it's good!
Note that I'm not a physicist and doing it only for fun, so would be interesting to hear from people with proper physics education!
[0] https://www.scottaaronson.com/democritus/ https://www.scottaaronson.com/democritus/
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_Computation_and_Quantum_Information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_Computation_and_Quantu...
[2] https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/quantum-computer-science/66462590D10C8010017CF1D7C45708D7 https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/quantum-computer-scienc...
[3] https://theoreticalminimum.com/courses/quantum-mechanics/2012/winter https://theoreticalminimum.com/courses/quantum-mechanics/201...
[4] https://physicspages.com/Griffiths%20QM.html https://physicspages.com/Griffiths%20QM.html
[5] http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/books.html#quantum_mechanics http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/books.html#quantum_mechanics