We have already seen this book earlier. But this post is to bring to your notice the electronic version of the book typeset using LuaLaTeX.

The book has come out nicely. Of course, it could have been better! I have typeset it in A5 paper, with 12 pt font with LuaLaTeX. The font used is EB Garamond. I have tried to maintain the typesetting of the original book with no chapter numbers or section numbers.

The table of elementary particles and their properties was one of the more challenging tasks in this otherwise simple book to typeset. It took me almost a day to just typeset this table. The rest was easy.

I have also created the front and back covers using TikZ, the first time I have tried this. Though they could have been done better.

The Internet Archive Link

The source files can be found at the gitlab project page:

https://gitlab.com/mirtitles/rydnik-abc-qm

Note: The original scan (by itanveer) which we had cleaned and posted had two pages (258-259) missing. I had already made a draft post asking for help for these two pages from people who might have the book, as I do not currently have the access to my physical collection. Except for these two pages, the rest of the book was processed and ready. Serendipitously, just a couple of days back Hemant Garach commented on the earlier post saying that he has this book! I requested him to scan these two missing pages and thanks to him we now have the complete book!

TODO: What remains to be done (in order of need):

1. One more round of copy-editing. Though I tried my best, there will be many small typos here and there. I hope I have not screwed up in any major way. A thousand eyes are better than just two!
2. Recreating figures (and front cover) using TikZ or other tools, so that it becomes completely electronic. For this release, I have used the scanned raster figures. Some actual photos of cloud chambers and particle tracks can be used instead of the current ones.
3.  There has been much increase in our knowledge of particle physics (both empirical and theoretical) ever since the book was written in the 1960s. The book itself might be expanded as much of the information might seem dated to a particle physicist. Perhaps a new expanded edition of the book covering the era from the 1970s to present? Anyone interested?!