Fundamentals of Quantum Mechanics

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Summary: A niche-defining and filling book!
Review: John House's Fundamentals of Quantum Mechanics, 1st ed., is a delightful book to have in one's collection. The handy size and paper binding give it a "field-guide-ish" quality, making the study and review of quantum mechanical fundamentals practical almost anywhere.

His depth and breadth of coverage are solid. I particularly like his end-of-chapter references, as he includes some introductory chemistry and physics texts, in addition to the standards. In this way, his text functions as a true bridge between freshman chemistry and upper level undergraduate/first year graduate chemistry.

I give Dr. House's Fundamentals of Quantum Mechanics a rating of three stars for the following three reasons: 1. solutions to the problems would benefit many students/readers traversing this bridge, 2. the name differential equations in chapter six are all second order, first degree, ordinary, linear differential equations with variable coefficients; curious students/readers may get frustrated when they don't find the solutions to these equations in mathematical references under non-linear differential equations, and 3. the treatment of angular momentum could be increased a bit. Dr. House's Fundamentals of Quantum Mechanics is a gem; adding problem solutions and an amended differential equation terminology to a second edition might set it in gold.

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Summary: Good Understanding
Review: The book itself is very good. It goes in depth with Quantum Mechanics, but fails to state alot of the variables leaving you to guess them for youself. Other than that it has all the basic and complex equations dealing with Quantum Physics.