Principles of Quantum Mechanics

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Duration: 3 min 30 s
Description: No matter how gently one introduces students to the concepts of Dirac's bras and kets, many are turned off. Shankar attacks the problem head-on in the first chapter, and in a very informal style suggests that there is nothing to be frightened of.
Colin Wilkin
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