Reference Texts
          Reference Texts
                  Principles of Quantum Mechanics
                               R Shanker
                  Modern Quantum Mechanics
                               J.J. Sakurai
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    Method of Assessment
    Method of Assessment
      Two quizzes of 10 marks each 
      Internal Assessment 10 marks
      Midsemester examination 30 marks
      End Semester  40 marks
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      Tone of the course
      Tone of the course
       How and why?
       The merging of two different disciplines
              Linear Algebra
              Physical world
       Course on modern logic
       Enjoy the course– Let it be like Movie, 
         Music, Swimming --- Whatever you like
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     Developments in the Last 
     Developments in the Last 
     Century
     Century
      Defined by Physics
      From pinnacle of wonder to depths of despair
      Began with certainty of absolute knowledge
      Ended with knowledge of absolute uncertainty
      Built weapons that had the capacity to destroy this reality
      Developed theory  deny the possibility of ever 
       comprehending the nature of physical reality
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     What was “The Theory”
     What was “The Theory”
    Almost everything we think we know about the nature  of our world
    Most successful theory of physics ever devised
    Concepts underpin much of the twenty first century technology
    Completely undermined our ability to make sense of the world at the level of its 
     most fundamental constituents
    For a person familiar with logic of Classical Physics
     – Mathematically Challenging
     – Maddeningly bizarre
     – Breathtakingly beautiful
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