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Review:`Anexcellenttext....Thepostulatesofquantummechanicsandthemathematicalunderpinningsarediscussedinaclear,succintmanner.-AmericanScientist,fromareviewoftheFirstEditionBookDescriptionReviewsfromtheFirstEdition:"Anexcellenttext…Thepostulatesofquantummechanicsandthemathematicalunderpinningsarediscussedinaclear,succinctmanner."(AmericanScientist)"NomatterhowgentlyoneintroducesstudentstotheconceptofDirac’sbrasandkets,manyareturnedoff.Shankarattackstheproblemhead-oninthefirstchapter,andinaveryinformalstylesuggeststhatthereisnothingtobefrightenedof."(PhysicsBulletin)"Thismassivetextof700andoddpageshasindeedanexcellentget-up,isveryverbalandexpressive,andhasextensivelyworkedoutcalculationaldetails---alljustrightforafirstcourse.Thestyleisconversational,morelikeacorridortalkorlecturenotes,thougharrangedasatext.…Itwouldbeparticularlyusefultobeginningstudentsandthoseinalliedareaslikequantumchemistry."(MathematicalReviews)R.ShankarhasintroducedmajoradditionsandupdatedkeypresentationsinthissecondeditionofPrinciplesofQuantumMechanics.Newfeaturesofthisinnovativetextincludeanentirelyrewrittenmathematicalintroduction,adiscussionofTime-reversalinvariance,andextensivecoverageofavarietyofpathintegralsandtheirapplications.Additionalhighlightsinclude:-Clear,accessibletreatmentofunderlyingmathematics-AreviewofNewtonian,Lagrangian,andHamiltonianmechanics-Studentunderstandingofquantumtheoryisenhancedbyseparatetreatmentofmathematicaltheoremsandphysicalpostulates-UnsurpassedcoverageofpathintegralsandtheirrelevanceincontemporaryphysicsTherequisitetextforadvancedundergraduate-andgraduate-levelstudents,PrinciplesofQuantumMechanics,SecondEditionisfullyreferencedandissupportedbymanyexercisesandsolutions.Thebook’sself-containedchaptersalsomakeitsuitableforindependentstudyaswellasforcoursesinapplieddisciplines.