Introduction to Quantum Mechanics (book)
{{short description|Quantum mechanics textbook by David J. Griffiths}}
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| name = Introduction to Quantum Mechanics
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| author = David J. Griffiths
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| country = United States
| language = English
| subject = Quantum mechanics
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| pub_date = 1995, 2005, 2018
| pages = 495
| isbn = 978-1-107-17986-8
| oclc = 952389109
| dewey = 530.12
| congress = QC174.12
| website = {{URL|https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/introduction-to-quantum-mechanics/990799CA07A83FC5312402AF6860311E}}
| notes = Identifiers refer to the 2017 reprint of the 2nd edition, by the University Press, unless otherwise noted
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Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, often called Griffiths, is an introductory textbook on quantum mechanics by David J. Griffiths. The book is considered a standard undergraduate textbook in the subject.{{Cite journal|last=Hilborn|first=Robert C.|date=1997-12-01|title=David J. Griffiths: Recipient of the Robert A. Millikan Medal|url=https://aapt.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1119/1.18767|journal=American Journal of Physics|volume=65|issue=12|pages=1140|doi=10.1119/1.18767|bibcode=1997AmJPh..65.1140H|issn=0002-9505|url-access=subscription}} Originally published by Pearson Education in 1995 with a second edition in 2005, Cambridge University Press (CUP) reprinted the second edition in 2017. In 2018, CUP released a third edition of the book with Darrell F. Schroeter as co-author; this edition is known as Griffiths and Schroeter.
Content (3rd edition)
- Part I: Theory
- Chapter 1: The Wave Function
- Chapter 2: Time-independent Schrödinger Equation
- Chapter 3: Formalism
- Chapter 4: Quantum Mechanics in Three Dimensions
- Chapter 5: Identical Particles
- Chapter 6: Symmetries and Conservation Laws
- Part II: Applications
- Chapter 7: Time-independent Perturbation Theory
- Chapter 8: The Variational Principle
- Chapter 9: The WKB Approximation
- Chapter 10: Scattering
- Chapter 11: Quantum Dynamics
- Chapter 12: Afterword
- Appendix: Linear Algebra
- Index
Reception
The book was reviewed by John R. Taylor,{{Cite journal|last=Taylor|first=John R.|author-link=John R. Taylor|date=1 March 2001|title=Book Review: Introduction to Quantum Mechanics. By David J. Griffiths. Prentice Hall, New York, New York, 1995|url=https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1015729931600|journal=Foundations of Physics|language=en|volume=31|issue=3|pages=561–563|doi=10.1023/A:1015729931600|s2cid=117336599|issn=1572-9516|url-access=subscription}} among others.{{Cite journal|last=Harris|first=Edward G.|date=1 August 1995|title=Introduction to Quantum Mechanics|url=https://aapt.scitation.org/doi/10.1119/1.18098|journal=American Journal of Physics|volume=63|issue=8|pages=767–768|doi=10.1119/1.18098|bibcode=1995AmJPh..63..767G|issn=0002-9505|url-access=subscription}}{{Cite journal|last1=Griffiths|first1=David J.|last2=Dick|first2=Gale|date=2008-01-11|title=Introduction to Quantum Mechanics|url=https://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1063/1.2808172|journal=Physics Today|language=en|volume=48|issue=9|pages=94|doi=10.1063/1.2808172|issn=0031-9228|url-access=subscription}} It has also been recommended in other, more advanced, textbooks on the subject.{{Cite book|last=Beck|first=Mark|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZzimY9yQSC0C&q=%22introduction+to+quantum+mechanics%22+Griffiths&pg=PP1|title=Quantum Mechanics: Theory and Experiment|date=2012-06-28|publisher=OUP USA|isbn=978-0-19-979812-4|language=en}}{{Cite book|last=Das|first=Ashok|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258613318|title=Lectures on quantum mechanics|date=2012|publisher=World Scientific; Hindustan Book Agency|isbn=978-981-4374-38-5|location=Singapore; Hackensack, NJ; [New Delhi|language=English|oclc=800849720}}
According to physicists Yoni Kahn of Princeton University and Adam Anderson of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Griffiths' Introduction to Quantum Mechanics covers all materials needed for questions on quantum mechanics and atomic physics in the Physics Graduate Record Examinations (Physics GRE).{{Cite book|last=Kahn|first=Yoni|title=Conquering the Physics GRE|last2=Anderson|first2=Adam|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2018|isbn=978-1-108-40956-8|location=United States of America|pages=xvii-xviii}}
Publication history
- {{Cite book |last=Griffiths |first=David J. |title=Introduction to quantum mechanics |date=1995 |edition=1st |publisher=Prentice Hall |isbn=978-0-13-124405-4 |location=New Jersey |language=English |oclc=984428006}}
- {{Cite book|last=Griffiths|first=David J.|title=Introduction to quantum mechanics|date=2005|publisher=Pearson Prentice Hall|isbn=0-13-111892-7|edition=2nd|location=Upper Saddle River, NJ|oclc=53926857}}
- {{Cite book|last=Griffiths|first=David J.|title=Introduction to quantum mechanics|date=2017|isbn=978-1-107-17986-8|edition=2nd|location=Cambridge|publisher=Cambridge University Press|oclc=952389109}}
- {{Cite book|last=Griffiths|first=David J.|title=Introduction to quantum mechanics|last2=Schroeter|first2=Darrell F.|year=2018|isbn=978-1-107-18963-8|edition=3rd|location=Cambridge|pages=|publisher=Cambridge University Press|oclc=1030447903}}
See also
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