This wonderful and exciting book is optimal for physics graduate students. The authors are brilliant educators who use worked examples, diagrams and mathematical hints placed in the margins to perfect their pedagogy and explain quantum field theory. They also include exercises with a bibliography, an appendix on complex analysis and a detailed index. The physical explanations are exceedingly well written and integrated with the mathematics. Quantum field theory is the next big thing and this book will help the reader to understand and use the theory. This text presents Lagrangians, Feynman diagrams, path integrals, broken symmetry and renormalization in a clear and concise manner. After getting that background, the reader is shown applications that range from condensed matter physics to the world of particle physics. This book is not for specialists, but for a wider audience that is deeply interested in understanding this amazing physical theory.
Review by Barry R. Masters, Fellow of AAAS, OSA and SPIE.
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