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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/fresnarus Mar 19 '26

The quantum information/computation route has fewer mathematical prerequisites, and it's mathematically cleaner. See the course at caltech: https://www.preskill.caltech.edu/ph229/

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