Review of "Quantum Mechanics Demystified" by David McMahon


QM Cover

Let's start with the basics:

This is the second edition of a book aimed at plainly explaining a complex concept, loaded with high level mathematics and physics.

Good thing the author chooses to start from the basics the profane may understand:

QM Page 1

Let's focus on this first page:

QM Page 1 Zoom 1

Do you see any shaded area? By the way, the visible spectrum is between 400 and 700 nm.


Let's move on, try to understand this page:

QM Page 1 Zoom 2

So, the author thinks that higher frequencies, in this plot, are towards the right!

Well, the author is WRONG: As the plot is in wavelength, the high frequencies are where the small wavelengths are, therefore to the left.


Or, maybe I got this wrong, let's check "The Internet":

Here is a nice chart from Georgia State University:
QM Wien Law

So, the high temperature peak does move to the left!


Let's move on, with the review ... or not:

If this first page did not cut your enthusiasm at being guided towards understanding Quantum Mechanics by this book, you are way more patient than I am.




Just ranting:

... and this is the second edition... Did anyone actually read the first edition?