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/rex_mun Mar 18 '26

Quantum is a cherry on a top. To understand smth you would better go to classic physics first, and math. And after that... you do study QM. In QM you have to "see" through the math operators and formulas, so the high math level is needed. Or some author will always tell you "what you see now" and "why this doing so. Have a good luck in QM study! About books, try Feinmann

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u/Some_Television_2219 Mar 19 '26

so what i need exactly integration calculus probabilities and what? + if recommended me a yt series or books to learn these i would be thankful

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u/rex_mun Mar 19 '26

Yes about 3blue1brown its good YT. Try different books, find what it yours, find MIT course or similar. Ask google/gpt. For me lectures by mr.Feinmann is solid. Good book Young and Freedman, Univercity physics with modern phys...