Quantum Mechanics: A Paradigms Approach

The pacing and problems in this book are great, I love how McIntyre attacks teaching quantum mechanics. Used this textbook in my undergrad QM course and it has stuck with me to this day. I still go back to the book when I want/need to brush up on something I haven't touched since undergrad, and the book gets better and better on each revisit. Definitely recommend this book for someone who might have a little physics and mechanics background, as it is a pretty light read with good supplemental problems for learning how to approach and solve QM problems.

Excellent book. Specifically fore those interested to learn about Quantum Mechanics

Had to buy for a class, and would recommend this version over others.

We adopted this book many years ago for our physics majors, and several students have said it is their favorite undergraduate physics textbook. McIntyre does a nice job of drawing connections between theory and experiment so that students learn the subject in a holistic manner. His explanations of the math and concepts are thorough, and students appreciate the example problems as well as the descriptions of modern applications. The spins-first trend of recent quantum books is highly effective and appealing. This book is especially good at transitioning from discrete to continuous probability distributions, both as a pedagogical tool and as a way of laying the foundations of quantum mechanics. The material flows logically and clearly throughout. As with all physics classes, we typically supplement the textbook content in some places; but McIntyre has otherwise achieved an appropriate balance of undergraduate introduction and graduate preparation. I always look forward to re-reading this book. So do my students.