Visual Quantum Mechanics: Selected Topics With Computer-Generated Animations of Quantum-Mechanical Phenomena

In the strange world of quantum mechanics the application of visualization techniques is particularly rewarding, for it allows us to depict phenomena that cannot be seen by any other means. Visual Quantum Mechanics relies heavily on visualization as a tool for mediating knowledge. The book is accompanied by about 320 digital movies which can be downloaded from the publisher's website at https://extras.springer.com/?query=978-0-387-98929-7

These computer-generated animations are used to introduce, motivate, and illustrate the concepts of quantum mechanics that are explained in the book. If a picture is worth a thousand words, then my hope is that each short animation (consisting of about a hundred frames) will be worth a hundred thousand words.

From the reviews
"The new introductory textbook by Bernd Thaller, "Visual " "Quantum Mechanics", has two distinctive features, a well-produced CD-ROM, and an emphasis on dynamics. These two features work together well and make for a remarkable publication, which mathematically oriented readers will appreciate for the care it takes with rigorous aspects of physics. (...)
It is the CD-ROM which makes the book. (...) Thaller has provided 137 modules illustrating different topics (...) I would venture to say that not only the beginning student, but even the seasoned scientist may benefit, by getting a clue to a new phenomenon or theorem. (...)
In sum, "Visual Quantum Mechanics" can be profitably used as a major supplement in an undergraduate course on quantum mechanics, and it will certainly enliven the curriculum. It could be a superb stand-alone text in a short physics course or a seminar for mathematically oriented students."
Evans M. Harrell II in: "SIAM Review"