Quantum mechanics has brought revolutionary changes in the conceptual foundations of physics and continues to shape the modern world. In this book, the author’s emphasis is on helping students comprehend the significance of the underlying principles and understand the ways the new concepts were introduced. Including many worked examples and problems, this book will be an invaluable resource for students in physics, chemistry and electrical engineering needing a clear and rigorous introduction to quantum mechanics.

1 Failure of classical physics and advent of quantum mechanics 2 Particle in one-dimensional box 3 Free particle 4 Linear harmonic oscillator 5 Role of Hermitian operators 6 Potentials with finite discontinuities 7 Spherically symmetric potential 8 Matrix mechanics 9 Angular momentum 10 Perturbation theory 11 Theory of elastic scattering 12 Dirac's formalism