Foundations of Quantum Mechanics:

Abstract

This textbook is intended as a lifeline to physics students (of either the traditional or the autodidactic variety) who have had some preliminary exposure to quantum mechanics but who want to actually try to make physical and conceptual sense of the theory in the same way that they have been trained and expected to do when learning about other areas of physics. Its main goals are (i) to help students appreciate and understand the concerns that people like Einstein, Schrödinger, and Bell have had with traditional formulations of the theory and (ii) to introduce students to the several extant formulations of quantum theory which purport to address at least some of the concerns and provide candidate accounts of what quantum theory might actually imply about how the micro-physical world works