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Reddit mentions of Quantum Mechanics: The Theoretical Minimum
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Unless you want to learn isolated bits and pieces, I'd recommend reading a book or watching a course.
I've been reading Quantum Mechanics: The Theoretical Minimum. There's also online lectures that go with it. So far it's been useful; filling knowledge holes and whatnot.
Susskind's Quantum Mechanics: The Theoretical Minimum is a good, informal place to start. I'd read it before tackling Griffiths or Sakurai. For a quick brush-up on the math, you could try Shankar's Basic Training in Mathematics: A Fitness Program for Science Students, but the basics of calculus, diff eq, abstract & linear algebra will get you started.
I think this is a fine place for the post, but you might also try /r/AskPhysics.
A good question is, how much time do you want to spend doing this? While anybody can learn math/physics deeply, it does take time. If you see this as being a Sunday hobby, you may want to stick with books that are aimed at a popular audience. Examples:
Books by Michiu Kaku and Brian Greene purportedly explain a lot of current bleeding-edge theory in simple terms. Popular interpretations of abstract mathematics are a little harder to come by. If you're interested in mathematics as a subject all to itself, you might start with Gowers' book Mathematics: a Very Short Introduction.
If you want to invest somewhat more time, I recommend you check out Lenny Susskind's "Theoretical Minimum" lecture series here. He's written an associated book on classical mechanics, and another on quantum mechanics. These lectures and books are directed towards self-leaners who have a mildly quantitative background, but have never studied physics deeply. However, I strongly recommend you familiarize yourself with calculus first.
The stuff in the "Theoretical Minimum" series might seem boring compared with the material aimed at popular audiences, but it's necessary background if you want to dig into those topics at a higher level. If you learn it, you'll be able to understand a much wider selection of sources on other fields of physics.
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