Principles of Quantum Mechanics by Ramamurti Shankar

Principles of Quantum Mechanics by Ramamurti Shankar

R. Shankar has introduced major additions and updated key presentations in this second edition of Principles of Quantum Mechanics. New features of this innovative text include an entirely rewritten mathematical introduction, a discussion of Time-reversal invariance, and extensive coverage of a variety of path integrals and their applications. Additional highlights include:

- Clear, accessible treatment of underlying mathematics

- A review of Newtonian, Lagrangian, and Hamiltonian mechanics

- Student understanding of quantum theory is enhanced by separate treatment of mathematical theorems and physical postulates

- Unsurpassed coverage of path integrals and their relevance in contemporary physics

The requisite text for advanced undergraduate- and graduate-level students, Principles of Quantum Mechanics, Second Edition is fully referenced and is supported by many exercises and solutions. The book's self-contained chapters also make it suitable for independent study as well as for courses in applied disciplines.

Ramamurti Shankar is a theoretical condensed matter physicist and the John Randolph Huffman Professor of Physics at Yale University in Connecticut. He's worked at the Aspen Center for Physics, the American Physical Society, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, among other places. He has also served as a Visiting Professor in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Princeton University in New Jersey, the University of California at Berkeley, and the Indian Institute of Technology in Madras. He is the author of several books, including Principles of Quantum Mechanics (1994), Basic Training in Mathematics (2008), and Foundations of Physics Volume I and Volume II (2014 and 2016), as well as the Harwood Byrnes and Richard Sewell Teaching Award at Yale University (2005) and the Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize of the American Physical Society (2009).