This book a revised and expanded version of a book first published almost ten years ago was written for such a course. It is intended to be a comprehensive introduction to the principles of quantum mechanics and to their application in a variety of fields to which physicists turn.
The material contained in this new edition is appropriate for three semesters (or four quarters). The first eighteen chapters make up the content of a two-semester (or three quarter) course on nonrelativistic quantum mechanics. Chapters 19-24 discuss the elements of formal scattering theory, second quantization, relativistic quantum theory, and other subjects, sometimes classified as "Advanced Quantum Mechanics," which provide the background for an understanding of quantum electrodynamics, theories of elementary particles, and many-body theories.
The book could also be divided by drawing a line between the first eleven (or thirteen) chapters, containing the elementary theory which is often taught in one semester to advanced undergraduates, and the remainder, starting with Chapter 12 or 14 and covering about two semesters (or three quarters) of graduate-level quantum mechanics, with standard wave mechanics (and perhaps simple spin theory) as a prerequisite.
