This text builds a solid introduction to the concepts and techniques of quantum mechanics in settings where the phenomena treated are sufficiently simple: systems that can either be solved exactly or be handled by well-controlled, plausible approximations. It includes discussions of many-electron atoms, the electromagnetic field, and the Dirac equation.

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Fundamental Concepts.- The Formal Framework.- Basic Tools.- Low Dimensional Systems.- Hydrogenic Atoms.- Two-Electron Atoms.- Symmetries.- Elastic Scattering.- Inelastic Collisions.- Electrodynamics.- Systems of Identical Particles.- Interpretation.- Relativistic Quantum Mechanics.- Index.