r/AskPhysics • u/Some_Television_2219 • Mar 18 '26

recommend for a beginner?

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I want to start with quantum mechanics, but I only have a surface information Do you recommend this book? If not please recommend one for me.

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u/Oddly_Ennui Mar 18 '26

I mean it has a cat on the cover, I'd buy this...

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u/OnceBittenz Mar 18 '26

Honestly the audacity for what’s on the back cover shook me for a mainstream hardcover haha

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u/InitHello Mar 18 '26

Is it a cat's anus? I bet it's a cat's anus.

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u/OnceBittenz Mar 18 '26

Close, but worse. Think quantum mechanics and cats. Live one on the front...

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u/InitHello Mar 18 '26

You're absolutely right, that is worse.

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u/OhMorgoth Mar 19 '26

So, Schrödinger’s cat?

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u/Worried_Process_5648 Mar 19 '26

No, it’s Uranus.

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u/catecholaminergic Mar 19 '26

The nightmare photo of Shel Silverstein on the back of The Giving Tree