Quantum Mechanics: Non-Relativistic Theory, Volume 3, Third Edition (Quantum Mechanics) (Quantum Mechanics) | 
 enlarge | Authors: L. D. Landau, L. M. Lifshitz
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Category: Book
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Edition: 3
Pages: 689
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Dimensions (in): 9.6 x 7.4 x 1
ISBN: 0750635398
Dewey Decimal Number: 530
EAN: 9780750635394
Publication Date: January 1, 1981
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This edition has been completely revised to include some 20% of new material. Important recent developments such as the theory of Regge poles are now included. Many problems with solutions have been added to those already contained in the book.
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 A work of art and a marvellous textbook July 18, 1998
henrique fleming (Sao Paulo, SP Brazil)
27 out of 28 found this review helpful
If you study on your own (and you should!), there is no better companion. Landau's (and Lifshitz') knack for developing simultaneously the mathematics and the physics of quantum mechanics reaches here unprecedent levels. Both the theory and the applications are masterfully developed. The chapters on angular momentum, with the definitive introduction to, and application of, spinors, the study of symmetry, including a very lucid introduction to group theory, the treatment of the Thomas-Fermi atomic model, of the Periodic Table, the incredible appendix on the so-called special functions... On retrospect I realize I have been reading this book since it first appeared in English, always learning, always delighted with it.
Fits in nicely April 13, 2005
Brandon E. Wolfe (Arizona, USA)
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
How should one teach undergraduate QM? Do you skip straight to spin without the requisite backing in the Dirac equation, as in Sakurai? Do you stick with PDEs and the superposition principle, as in Griffiths? Do you take Bohm's approach and write reams of explanatory philosophical text? Or Liboff and lose the flavor altogether? There doesn't appear to be a single book approachable to undergrads that works for QM the same way Griffiths works for E&M.
Oh but there is. This book.
For example, Sakurai approaches perturbation theory with 'complementary projection operators'; the purpose seems to be to stay within his notation at the cost of clarity. Landau does all of perturbation theory in three pages. He covers a range of material as wide as Baym's lectures (your average QM book never mentions, say, molecules), does so in a timeless notation without a learning curve, and retains the clarity and 'physics-ness' characteristic of this series. And his 'problems' are publishable.
It is, unreservedly, the best undergrad QM text.
THE BEST BOOK ON QUANTUM MECHANICS July 23, 1998
Paulo (paulovol@convex.com.br) (Brazil)
21 out of 23 found this review helpful
This is the Volume 3 of the famous Course of Theoretical Physics by L. D. Landau and E. M. Lifshitz. All serious students of theoretical physics must possess the ten volumes of this excellent Course, which cover in detail and rigour practically all the branches of theoretical physics. The Volume 3 treats the subject of non-relativistic quantum mechanics. It contains a large amount of subjects, is very detailed, rigorous, and contain topics not usually found in other textbooks, such as for example the theory of symmetry, the quantum mechanics of polyatomic molecules and topics relating to the nuclear structure. It still contains a mathematical appendice on special functions used in quantum mechanics, which makes the book practically self contained. No better textbook on quantum mechanics can be recommended to the physicists. Certainly the best book of all time on quantum mechanics!
A well organized classical course May 10, 2000
Lubos Motl (Cambridge, MA United States)
18 out of 20 found this review helpful
Landau was a great teacher. The whole series is perfectly organized and the material is divided into pieces of reasonable size which can be swallowed one after another. The reader can appreciate the beauty of every single piece of knowledge. I recommend this series especially to those readers who already have some general knowledge of maths and physics and who are able to study for themselves; it is also a very useful reference for professionals. The volume on quantum mechanics has taught me a lot about the structure of nuclei, atoms and molecules (in fact also about the chemistry) - and also about the symmetries and the special functions encountered in the field of quantum mechanics. Feynman's lectures on physics are also great (albeit alternative) but the course of Landau and Lifshitz is a standard for anyone looking for the best presentation of physics by 1960s.
The best May 20, 2001
Arvan Harvat (Croatia)
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
Superb exposition. Detailed, all-encompassing & (surprise !)- deep. Pedagogically seductive, intellectually satisfying, philosophically thought provoking. A step-by-step sprawl, contains vast material not usually found in other textbooks (or, if found, clumsily presented). Being a blend of intuition and rigor, this is the book to learn Quantum Mechanics from & to revisit it when in quantum dire strait.
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