Re: Popular Books on Quantum Mechanics

From: David Rasmussen (david.rasmussen_at_gmx.net)
Date: 11/15/04 

Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 14:08:57 +0100

robert j. kolker wrote:
>
> Quantum Theory is inherently more abstract and mathematical than
> classical mechanics. It is harder to visualize. So, at some point you
> will have to engage the mathematics of the theory if you are serious
> about learning it.
>

Sure, but I am not yet sure that I want to learn it at that level :)

When I was a child, I read John Gribbin's "In Search of Schrodinger's
Cat". This is very much the kind of book I am looking for. Only I want
alternatives.

/David

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