Through the Flames

This is one of the best quantum books I have used (I am using 4 for my current class and have used 3 other books in past classes). This book is very clear and is the best value for the cost of the book. Much better than other books that were 15 times the price. It is very thorough and has good explanations. Highly recommended.

The best Quantum Mechanics book that has ever been written. For serious people only. I, as a university physics lecturer of 22 years of experience, very very strongly recommend this book to every serious student. But, these two volume books must be studied with an endless patience. My way of studying it is: two pages a day. Therefore, you can complete them in two years time. By the way, if someone owns a solutions manual... Read Full Review

The book is huge, but that's why it includes more complete information about QM. It's easier to understand than some very popular standard and small textbooks. Both physics and math are balanced and self-contained. If you want books of the same quality and better presentation, maybe only Prof. Ta-You Wu's two books about QM would be.Anyway, if you need only one book about QM, this is the best. It's a complete course for... Read Full Review

Messiah is one of those books you can't learn QM from - it's simply too dull and nitpicky, and goes into too much detail. But the same features that make it a poor book to study QM out of make it a very useful reference, and as such I heartly give it the 5 stars it deserves. Messiah covers just about everything an ordinary physicist should know about basic, non-relativistic quantum mechanics, including quite a nice introduction... Read Full Review

Albert Messiah's Quantum Mechanics has been used for the last 30 years or so by the most part of the people working in QM. Besides you can find it at the list of references of every decent text after its first appearence in 1962. At the University of Valencia, which holds some very nice theoretical physics groups, is given as a reference among Sakurai, Galindo-Pascual or Cohen- Tannaoudji, that also quote it.The first volume... Read Full Review