Seeking God in Science part 12: A clean-sheet introduction to quantum mechanics and quantum field theory (part 1 of n)

For months now I have been writing the phrase "when we get to quantum mechanics..." Well, today we finally get to quantum mechanics (QM). QM is a big topic. I will not be able to cover it all, or even put a significant dent in it, in one blog post. The goal of this post is just to give you an overview of the lay of the land, a clean-sheet introduction to the topic for