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Quantum Field Theory for the Gifted Amateur
Contributor(s): Lancaster, Tom (Author), Blundell, Stephen J. (Author)

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ISBN: 019969933X     ISBN-13: 9780199699339
Publisher: Oxford University Press (UK)
OUR PRICE: $47.49  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: June 2014
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BISAC Categories:
- Science | Physics - Quantum Theory
Dewey: 530.143
Physical Information: 0.95" H x 7.52" W x 9.6" L (2.35 lbs) 512 pages
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
Review Citations: Choice 04/01/2015 pg. 1357
 
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Publisher Description:
Quantum field theory is arguably the most far-reaching and beautiful physical theory ever constructed, with aspects more stringently tested and verified to greater precision than any other theory in physics. Unfortunately, the subject has gained a notorious reputation for difficulty, with
forbidding looking mathematics and a peculiar diagrammatic language described in an array of unforgiving, weighty textbooks aimed firmly at aspiring professionals. However, quantum field theory is too important, too beautiful, and too engaging to be restricted to the professionals. This book on
quantum field theory is designed to be different. It is written by experimental physicists and aims to provide the interested amateur with a bridge from undergraduate physics to quantum field theory. The imagined reader is a gifted amateur, possessing a curious and adaptable mind, looking to be told
an entertaining and intellectually stimulating story, but who will not feel patronised if a few mathematical niceties are spelled out in detail. Using numerous worked examples, diagrams, and careful physically motivated explanations, this book will smooth the path towards understanding the radically
different and revolutionary view of the physical world that quantum field theory provides, and which all physicists should have the opportunity to experience.

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