How to learn Quantum Mechanics on your own (a self-study guide)

This video gives you a some tips for learning quantum mechanics by yourself, for cheap, even if you don't have a lot of math background.

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[Fadeddreams]

I never took a physics course in high school or college, my job has nothing to do with this, but Youtube recommended it, so I have no choice but to learn quantum mechanics now.

[niallquinn]

I'm just currently fixing my time machine. This is very helpful. Thanks.

[Plexy]

Me: Casually scrolling throught YT home page

YT: ”Learn quantum mechanics on your own”

Me: how could I refuse?

[samuelweir]

Retired physicist here. Feynman's lectures are a good basic introduction to QM, but for learning about the mathematics of QM my favorite books when I was a student were the two volume set titled "Quantum Mechanics" by Cohen-Tannoudji, et al..

(edit: I wrote of the QM set by Cohen-Tannoudji as consisting of 2 volumes but now see that it has expanded to being a 3 volume set.)

[martinnovacek]

Seriously, as a highschool student, I cannot thank you enough for these videos. They helped me with intuition in QM, so now, I can watch MIT lectures and actually understand it. And because of them, I aced my interviews and now have an internship in czech Institute of Physics!
... and that all is thanks to you :D

[TehNetherlands]

This seems useful for 2 categories of people: those who wish to pursue a career in a relevant field in science, and those people intelligent enough to casually study the subject out of mere curiosity.

[LeKretch]

When you got a C in maths but YouTube really wants you to learn. Thanks for the recommendation!

[tristanverkade]

You deserve way more subscribers. The sheer amount of work you have done is amazing and will not go to waste.

[yq]

1. Feynman Lecture Book, Optional to get Exercises of it.
2. Introduction to Linear Algebra to Solve Maths' Problem.
3. QM Books, "The Theoretical Minimum" by Leonard Susskind.
4. Match "A Modern Approach to QM" by Townsend with Sakurai's.
5. Feynman Technique.

[TheHighBear]

No one:
YouTube recommendation : hey you should learn quantum computing

[Football_Engineer]

I’m currently taking intro to quantum mechanics at SFA and all these books were so helpful! I was so confused on all the calculus/differential equations since it did just feel manipulation of the equation and plugging in values that feel like came out of thin air. We are currently on formalism and trying to get a better grasp of this topic, but thank you again these books helped tremendously!

[GaryGP]

Thanks for the recommendations. I find Feynman's entire lecture series fascinating and diverse. I am a huge fan of his teaching methods and intellect. He taught himself calculus, so I am hoping I can teach myself QM and maybe QED by following his lead and your examples. Thank you so much!!

[eldude]

You are a beast and a role model. Self learning is one of the best things you can do for yourself

[LeoStaley]

I'm here because Grant Sanderson recommended you in his TED talk

[ditzykunoichi]

I wish I could have heard someone say this years and years ago, but now is as good a time as any to truly start learning. Quantum physics, particle physics, dimensions and gravity, space itself, it's always been the center of my interests. I've drifted back to it time and time again, reading and studying and learning anything I could grasp my mind around. It's now become like you've said about becoming "familiar" with the textbooks for me. I always struggled in math, so it is so refreshing and empowering to hear someone explicitly say you should focus on the intuition first. Thank you!

[Protantagonist]

I'm highly flattered that this video was recommended to me by YouTube lol

[RaymondStone]

I have an art degree and my channel is about art and design, yet I somehow ended up here. It's like the YouTube algorithms somehow discovered my dirty little secret that I began college as a math major. I'm actually tempted to buy these quantum mechanics books and give them a go, haha. Thanks for the recommendations!

[jahwerx]

I just wanted to fix my '86 VW Quantum, and now I'm learning physics. Cool.

[soethant]

I’m so glad this video was made, came timely for me after having had a not-so-good semester in college ... I have taken QM as part of my physics degree but I always felt that something was missing, and that I haven’t been learning as much as I want to... so thanks for this and I’ll try my best to learn and *practice* the problems:)

[NicolasSchmidMusic]

That's really inspiring! I have just had an introduction course on quantum mecanics, based on Griffiths's book, and I also felt it a bit frustrated because it was only about the maths without explaning why and how we found this things. Luckily my grandma offered me the theoretical minimum from Suskind and it was super satisfying to read it and motivated me to learn more about it. I think Feynman lectures will be the next, thanks for recommanding it.