Quantum Theory

Phys 351, Fall 2023

Resources and Demos Page

Brooks Thomas

Hugel 020
Physics Department
Lafayette College
730 High St.
Easton, PA 18042

Phone: (610) 330-5207
Email: thomasbd@lafayette.edu

Contact Info

Physics at Lafayette

Other Resources

• My Personal Home Page
• Lafayette Physics Department
• Physics Courses

• List of NSF REU Sites
• APS Resources for Students
• Society of Physics Students (SPS)
• CUWiP
• SACNAS
• National Society of Black Physicists

Other Phys 351 Course Pages

• Course Web Page
• Course Moodle

Physics References

• A Modern Approach to Quantum Mechanics, 2nd Ed., by John S. Townsend.
• Principles of Quantum Mechanics, 2nd Ed., by R. Shankar.
• Modern Quantum Mechanics, Revised Edition, by J. J. Sakurai.
• The Feynman Lectures, Vol. III, by by Richard P. Feynman, Robert B. Leighton, and Matthew Sands.
A free, online version of this resource is also available here, courtesy of Caltech.

Mathematics References

• Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences, 3rd Ed., by Mary L. Boas.
• Mathematical Methods for Physicists, 7th Ed., by George B. Arfken, Hans J. Weber, and Frank E. Harris.
• Wolfram MathWorld: An online mathematics reference from the makers of Mathematica.
• List of Trigonometric Identities: A Wikipedia page which lists a variety of basic trig identities.

Programming References

• The Python Tutorial: A tutorial on programming in the Python language from the official Python website.
• SciPy Home Page: Home page for the SciPy computational library, with documentation on the functions it contains and how to use them.
• Anaconda Download Page: Download page for the free, open-source Python distribution known as Anaconda.
• Mathematica Documentation Center: The online version of the documentation for Wolfram Mathematica.
• ITS Mathematica Help Page: Lafayette ITS web page containing instructions on how to download and install Wolfram Mathematica.

Whiteboard Apps

• Google Jamboard: A virtual whiteboard app which can used for remote collaboration.