PRINCIPLES OF QUANTUM MECHANICS

Review of "The Principles of Quantum Mechanics" by P.A.M. Dirac. Oxford University Press (1958). The book is just over 300 pages including the Index. It is of historical interest, mainly. There are better treatments of the subject, but this is an original work and stands monumental in that regard, historically. The originality and its place in history is this works strength and it stands on its own as a classic in modern theoretical physics, unmatched in many ways in that sense. This book was first published in 1930. In 1928, Dirac's application of the relativistic treatment of spin-1/2 particles leads to both positive- and negative-energy solutions to the electron. This book was made new in paperback in 1981. It has been reprinted 9 times since. The last reprinting was in 1993. It has a Preface to the first edition, which you should read using the Amazon "Look Inside!" feature. You can view the Contents of the b