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 P. A. M. Dirac was the Giant of QM! March 1, 2008
D. A. Ruiz
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
His insight into the physical interpretation of the formalism of Quantum Mechanics has no precedent. Almost every physicist around the world agrees that HE IS MASTER DIRAC, so an insight into his vision of the theory is invaluable.
This is not a didactic book, in fact, in my opinion, it is not even to be considered a text book. Its value concerns the rigorous development of the formalism of QM, as well as a firm base for the understanding of the very principles of it. I'd say it's better for people who have struggling qith the ideas of QM for a while already, that for who are just starting with them.
Essential in any physicist bookshelf October 21, 2007
Jose Pablo Arrieta (San Jose, Costa Rica)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is the basis of Quantum Mech any physicist that respect him or herself should read Dirac because it resembles the origins and gives the best description of QM there can be in this book you can feel the real possibilities of QM I say possibilities because at the time QM wasn't fully developed, or at least as thought through as it is now.
Either way this is a basic book for anyone intending to study physics I really recommend it.
One thing you should know is that the image given here is the not the real one, you should look at th one given by me, is one taken from the look inside, that has the real cover. But as it is always said you should never judge a book by its cover, even more so if the one who wrote it was the best physicist in the last century.
A meticulous account by a man who was there September 26, 2007
Peter Pearson (Aptos, CA United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This wonderful book lays out the thought process by which Dirac's formulation of quantum mechanics, with its much-handwaved-about "bra" and "ket" notation, came to be. Dirac makes minimal assumptions about the reader's prior education (appropriate, since the first edition was published in an age when a thorough scientific education comprised Homer, Virgil, Euclid, and Newton), so there are none of those annoying allusions of the form, "from which, of course, the insights of [famous name X] allow us to conclude that ..." In fact, there are extremely few footnotes of any kind, and they are not needed, as this work is neatly self-contained.
Dirac is marvelously careful in calling attention to the guesses he makes along the way, so the careful reader can see what Dirac's premises are as well as what can be logically derived from them.
Simply the Best September 5, 2007
H. J. Spencer (Vancouver, BC Canada)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Quite simply, this is the most important book written on the foundations of physics in the last 100 years. I read this when I was 18 & it persuaded me to pursue a career in theoretical physics. It is still one of the few books in physics that I return to after 40 years.
Life is too short, so just read the 'Masters' - Dirac is the greatest master of physics in the 20th Century.
Impressive May 3, 2006
VTepes
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
As anothers reviewers state don't expect to learn QM from this book -actually I think Cohen-Tannoudji is one of the best for this purpose-, but if you know already some quantum mechanics you'll find a very clear and elegant introduction of the dirac formalism of QM. I like it very much.
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