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    Quote Originally Posted by ImSavy View Post
    Always used to annoy me how people would just disregard the question "what was there before the big bang" because what we know as time didn't exist before the big bang, but that's not really what the question is asking and there are a few hypotheses about exactly this.
    What you should remember is that we're in the present, and we can only observe so far into the past. That limit is troublesome to the question you're looking to have answered. Stephen Hawking had a clever brush-away answer that he gave and people have always liked to shove at those who are getting ahead of themselves.

    MMM, do you have a book/textbook suggestion for learning QM?

    I tried getting into Feynmanns book, but I can't find any answer manual to go with his problem sets, so, it's a difficult time knowing I'm doing the math(s) right.
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    Quantum by Jim Al-Kahalili
    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Quantum-Guid.../dp/1780223951

    Meant to be quite good, more of a general overview though I think.

    If you are looking to actually get your teeth sunk into it, "Principles Of Quantum Mechanics" by Shankar is a great book.
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    Interesting that you mentioned Jim Al-Khalili.

    I was just looking for a good video to introduce the Double Slit Experiment, and this was what I found.

    I encourage everyone reading the thread who is curious about Quantum Mechanics to watch this video and bring me your questions.
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