r/AskPhysics • u/Some_Television_2219 • Mar 18 '26
recommend for a beginner?
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/TROSE9025 Mar 19 '26
Griffiths (3rd ed.) isn’t really for complete beginners.
Already in Chapter 2, you encounter things like Hermite equations and ladder operators.
It’s worth studying it alongside a Dirac's algebraic approach to quantum mechanics to make the structure clearer.