Introduction to Quantum Mechanics

Commonsense is nothing more than a deposit of prejudices laid down by the mind before you reach eighteen. 

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Pauling L and Wilson E B 1935 Introduction to Quantum Mechanics (New York Dover)... 

Tannor D J 2001 Introduction to Quantum Mechanics A Time Dependent Perspective (Mill Valley, CA University Science Books)... 

Pauling, L. and Wilson, E. B., 1935. Introduction to Quantum Mechanics. McGraw-Hill, New York. Reprinted (1963). Dover, New York. 

Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, L. Pauling and E. B. Wilson, Dover Publications, Inc., New York, N. Y. (1963)- Pauling and Wilson. 

Griffiths, D. J. (1995) Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, Prentice Hall, New Jersey. 

Reprinted from Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, with Application to Chemistry, by Linus Pauling and E. Bright Wilson, Jr., McGraw Hill, NY, Section 42, pp. 326-331 (1935). 

Photo 10 Linus Pauling delivering the Richards Medal Address at Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1947. At the left is Prof. E. Bright Wilson, Jr., who in the 1930 s collaborated with Pauling in writing Introduction to Quantum Mechanics (see SP 15), a book that is still used in teaching quantum mechanics to chemists. 

See, for example, L. Pauline and E. B. Wilson, Jr., Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, with Applications to Chemistry, McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1935, Chap. VII. 

B. H. Brandsen and C. J. Joaehain (1989) Introduction to Quantum Mechanics (Addison Wesley Longman, Harlow, Essex), pp. 299, 301 R. N. Zare (1988) Angular Momentum (John Wiley Sons, New York), pp. 45-8. 

Pauling, Linus and Wilson, E. Bright Jr., Introduction to Quantum Mechanics McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York (1935). Republished by Dover Publications, Mineola, New York, (1985). 

Blinder, S. M. (2004). Introduction to Quantum Mechanics in Chemistry, Materials Science, and Biology. Academic Press, San Diego. A good survey book that shows the applications of quantum mechanics to many areas of study. 

House, J. E. (2004). Fundamentals of Quantum Chemistry. Elsevier, New York. An introduction to quantum mechanical methods at an elementary level that includes mathematical details. 

Harris, D. C., and Bertolucci, M. D. (1989). Symmetry and Spectroscopy. Dover Publications, New York. Chapter 2 presents a very good introduction to quantum mechanics. 

Pauling, L., Wilson, E.B. Jr. Introduction to Quantum Mechanics with Applications to Chemistry,... 

M. A. Ratner and G. C. Schatz, Introduction to Quantum Mechanics in Chemistry, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2001. 

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