"impossible to fully understand, but its worth the effort trying to understand"
How I did it: I did a physics honours degree and took a few quantum mechanics subjects. In my final year I studied advanced quantum mechanics, spin dynamics, quantum computation and information theory, quantum optics.
I think its important for you to consult with a good physics lecturer if you really want to understand quantum mechanics. You should also get some good books and get good at mathematics because alot of the descriptions in quantum mechanics are purely mathematical and you wont understand how someone arrives at that answer if you dont know mathematics.
In Advanced quantum mechanics we learnt new mathematical notations called 'kets' and 'bras' which took away all the complicated integrals when figuring out probabilities.
IN spin dynamics we applied quantum mechanics to NMR and looked at the influence of spin under the magnetic feild. It was interesting to note that we could predict an NMR spectrum from knowing the pulse sequence and starting with pauli spin matrix for a spin 1/2 nuclei.
IN quantum computation we learnt about quantum teleportation (please note that this isnt what you think, its not like teleporting an apple across the room because the apple cant be described by a single quantum state),
Furthermore, in quantum optics we described light in terms of annihilation and creation operators (it was alot of mathematics) .
Lessons & tips: The book Quantum Mechanics by Landau and Lifshitz
Quantum Information Theory and Computation, Michael Nieman
Remember that nobody really understands quantum mechanics, its just mathematical descriptions that seem to produce the correct results..
Dont be afraid to try a degree in physics..It is hard work but it is very interesting
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