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In article <10919@sun13.scri.fsu.edu>, jac@ds8.scri.fsu.edu (Jim Carr) writes:
> In article <1992Sep28.174343.714@prim> prim!dave@germany.eu.net (Dave Griffiths) writes:
>>
>>No wonder they call it spin. :-) Seems the notion of spin in a particular
>>direction is a bit meaningless if you can detect it in all three
> 
>>>Is your brain numb yet? 
>>
>>Yes.
> 
> Then you are off to a good start.  I recommend that you think about 
> the problem with polaroids, and do a few experiments with them.  It 
> is a very good way to learn about the ideas of state vectors.  (I 
> am trying to recall if any text uses this approach, my QM lecturer 
> did this but not sure if it has its basis in a book you might read.) 
> 

   There are at least two texts that use polarizers (or the like) to explain 
this QM concept.  One is by A. P. French (called Intro Quantum Mechanics,
I think) and the other is Dirac's beautiful exposition _Principles of 
Qunatum Mechanics_.  Of the two French's book is probably a bit easier to
tackle but Dirac's book is worth the effort. 

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