| Quantum Mechanics | |
| Author: | Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, and Franck Laloë |
| Language: | French |
| Country: | Paris, France |
| Subject: | Quantum mechanics |
| Published: | 1973 (Vol. I and II) 2017 (Vol. III) |
| Publisher: | Collection Enseignement des Sciences |
| Title Orig: | Mécanique quantique |
Quantum Mechanics (fr|Mécanique quantique), often called the Cohen-Tannoudji, is a series of standard ungraduate-level quantum mechanics textbook written originally in French by Nobel laureate in Physics Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, and Franck Laloë; in 1973. The first edition was published by Collection Enseignement des Sciences in Paris, and was translated to English by Wiley.[1]
The book was originally divided into two volumes. A third volume was published in 2017.[2]
The book structure is notable for having an extensive set of complementary chapters, introduced along with a "reader's guide", at the end of each main chapter.
Bernd Crasemann writing for the American Journal of Physics praised the book for its clarity and its unusual structure that introduces the reader to intermediate topics. According to him, the "gems" of the book are the complements related to atomic, molecular, and optical physics; condensed matter physics and nuclear physics. The book has also been suggested as a complement to simplified introductory books in quantum mechanics.[3]
Experimental physicist and 2022 Nobel laureate in Physics Alain Aspect, has frequently mentioned that the book was a revelation early in his career, helping him better understand the research papers of quantum mechanics and the work of John Stewart Bell.[4] [5] [6]