Thu 26 Jul 2007
This is a continuation of the learning for free on the internet series, this time with reading. I have had the misfortune of having to study quantum mechanics on a graduate level, after getting an undergraduate in computer engineering, from Introductory Quantum Mechanics by Liboff (Amazon). This book was tedious to say the least and having to study from it to pass a qualifier was even worse. Fortunately, there are people, such as Doron Cohen, who can write coherently and choose to publish their lectures on quantum mechanics on line. Although it may seem that quantum mechanics is not important to the engineer, one can remember that a bipolar-junction transistor cannot be properly described without a little bit of quantum mechanics. Many designs that push performance limits will also find themselves involved with the laws of quantum mechanics. Lastly, when the laws that govern quantum mechanics are extrapolated to the classical world, the result of an argument can become a superposition of states and otherwise reasonable people can be driven to madness.
( lecture-notes-in-quantum-mechanics.pdf )
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