This guide covers a number of important subjects, but its treatment is necessarily brief (who wants to sit around and read Web pages?). Therefore, I want to recommend several books and articles that provide a more complete description of the topics that are touched on here.
The recommended readings vary considerably in their ease of reading and length. Some are popular accounts of science intended for the general public. Some are college-level textbooks. And some are research articles that probably should not be read until you feel comfortable with the material contained in this guide.
Three popular accounts of basic quantum mechanics (the third is actually a college physics textbook, but its first three chapters are very accessible and rewarding):
An especially useful resource are the "Lecture Notes"
(aka "Book of Knowledge") of the Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry (CCQC).
The notes cover much of the same material, but with more rigor, and often
in more detail. Appropriate links to the CCQC lecture notes are marked throughout
this guide with the symbol
(last updated 6/7/97)