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reference for physicists and mathematicians, or textbook for a graduate course. Nobel
Prize-winning physicist Weinberg (U. of Texas) provides a self-contained, comprehensive
introduction to quantum field theory. Volume I introduces the foundations, emphasizing the
reasons why such a theory should describe nature. The scope extends beyond quantum
electrodynamics to elementary particle physics and nuclear physics. Problems are included
at the end of each chapter. A second volume will describe the modern applications of
quantum field theory in the standard model of elementary particles, and in some areas of
condensed matter physics. |