Chapter 1: Introduction to Quantum Mechanics

Vladimir Pascalutsa

The first chapter presents an introduction to the concept of causality and how it applies in quantum mechanics. There is also a brief description of the contents of the other chapters

Ibrahima Sakho

Dennis Morris

This introduction to quantum mechanics is both reader-friendly and complete. Tit covers the conceptual and philosophical aspects of quantum mechanics before gently presenting the mathematics underlying the subject. After a chapter on the history of the theory, the whole of quantum mechanics is then presented, followed by applications of the theory and a revision chapter.

Ibrahima Sakho

David W. Snoke

This chapter begins a five-chapter mathematical introduction to quantum field theory, appropriate for upper-level undergraduate science or engineering students, or those with some mathematical training who would like to know what the “real” theory of quantum mechanics is. In this chapter, the basics of Dirac notation are presented. The last part of this chapter shows how the uncertainty principle of quantum mechanics is derived.