Dr M’s Comments (group member since Jul 27, 2007)

Dr M’s comments from the Physics Documentation group.

Your issue of Messiah was published in 1999, if I read correctly. I honestly don't think you get much more recent than that. And to be honest, why would you want to? General quantum mechanics on this level hasn't changed in that time anyway. Howver, there are several good books on quantum mechanics. I can immediately recommend Bransden & Joachain "Introduction to quantum mechanics" and the classic Sakurai "Modern Quantum Mechanics", two often-consulted books in my bookshelf at work, both of which are availible in fairly recent editions.

Sounds like the right group to me, though I just joined. I happen to be a theoretical physicist though, so I guess part of my job is to try to answer questions such as this.

However, your question is not all that easy to answer, for two reasons: 1. Really good introductory books are few and far between, amazing as that may seem. Most books require a fair bit of background knowledge and some work to get through. 2. Beyond high-school level, author don't write books on "physics" anymore, but books on "Classical mechanics", "Atomic physics", "Solid state physics" or any other subtopic of physics. What we would need to know is what physics you want to read about.