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-In quantum mechanics, we no longer describe the trajectories of individual particles but only talk about probabilities that certain events can happen. In the canonical description of quantum mechanics, we calcualate these probabilities using a wave description for the particles.
+In quantum mechanics, we no longer describe the trajectories of individual particles but only talk about probabilities that certain events can happen. In the canonical description of quantum mechanics, we calculate these probabilities using a wave description for the particles.
 So instead of describing the path between some points $A$ and $B$, we ask instead: "What's the probability that a particle which started at $A$ ends up at $B$?".
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   * The Principles of Quantum Mechanics by Paul Dirac
   * Nice free lecture notes can be found [[https://www.colorado.edu/physics/phys7270/phys7270_fa16/lecnotes.html|here]].
+  * See also [[https://www.isaacbooks.org/files/Ch1_qm2b.pdf|A Cavendish Quantum Mechanics Primer]] by M. Warner, FRS & A. C. H. Cheung which is a very gentle introduction aimed at highschool students.