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``Field Theory in Particle Physics'' is an introduction to the use of
relativistic field theory in particle physics. The authors explain the principal
concepts of perturbative field theory and demonstrate their application in
practical situations.The material presented in this book has been tested
extensively in courses and the book is written in a lucid and engaging style.
Many interesting problems are included at the end of each chapter, both to test
the understanding of the subject matter and to further amplify the ideas in the
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Vol.2 should come soon!
This volume is very good in treating the renormalization of QED. The authors used dimensional regularization which is the most elegant formalism of renormalization. Vol.2 is even better than Vol.1, but unfortunately it is still not published. It also has many very good examples such as toy models and it is also very helpful in offering calculation tricks!Shotcoming of this book is that it has no formal introduction to Feynman diagram technique. However this is kind of advantage from another point of view. ... Read more

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This course in modern quantum field theory for condensed matter physics includes a derivation of the path integral representation, Feynman diagrams and elements of the theory of metals.Alexei Tsvelik also covers Landau Fermi liquid theory and gradually turns to more advanced methods used in the theory of strongly correlated systems. The book contains a thorough exposition of such non-perturbative techniques, as 1/N-expansion, bosonization (Abelian and non-Abelian), conformal field theory and theory of integrable systems. First edition Hb (1995): 0-521-45467-0First edition Pb (1996): 0-521-58989-4 ... Read more

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Modern overview that emphasizes the physics
Quantum field theory has been applied to many different areas of physics, and has done a fairly good job of explaining the phenomena in these areas. When applying quantum field theory to a physical problem one usually takes a pragmatic attitude, and ignores the many existing difficulties in its formalism. Quantum field theory has yet to be put on a rigorous mathematical foundation, but this has not deterred its use in a myriad of applications, with condensed matter physics, the subject of this book, being one of them. The author has done a superb job here, since he emphasizes the physics behind quantum field theory, and not just the formalism. Anyone interested in quantum field theory, and especially those outside the "oral tradition", will definitely benefit from its perusal.

That quantum field theory is similar to statistical mechanics is used extensively in this book. Loosely speaking, one can view the quantum field theory of a system in a certain dimension as a statistical mechanical system in one dimension more. This simplifies calculations considerably, and in condensed matter physics things get even easier since a lattice is present, thus allowing one to deal more transparently with the problems with infinities that will always appear in quantum field theory.

The author gives an overview of quantum field theory in the first part of the book, it being assumed that the reader already has a strong background in it. The calculation of correlation functions is the main goal of the book, and to facilitate this, the author introduces the path integral formalism. Wick's theorem, the tour-de-force of calculations in quantum field theory is then derived. Explicit calculations are done for a bosonic field in an external field using the now ubiquitous mathematical identity that "the determinant of an operator is the exponential of the trace of the logarithm of the operator. One should remember when reading these pages that the considerations are purely formal since no mathematical justification has been given for the path integral measure. Perturbation theory and Feynman diagrams are discussed (of course) and the infinities that arise in perturbation series are dealt with using regularization procedures. Since the author is dealing with problems in condensed matter, where a lattice is present, he labels quantum field theories as "universal" if there is no dependence of the correlation functions in the lattice. Since regularization procedures are obviously dependent on the lattice spacing (the "ultraviolet" and "infrared" divergences), physical quantities that depend on this are called "non-universal" by the author. The standard characterization of a theory as being "renormalizable" is reserved for those where the perturbation expansion can be reformulated so that non-universal quantities appear as a finite number of parameters. This leads to a formulation of the "universality hypothesis" and the renormalization group. The author states the Gellman-Low equation, and shows that the behavior of the Gellman-Low function graphically. The properties of this function in predicting asymptotic freedom and phase transitions are discussed in detail. The O(N) model is used to illustrate some of the phenomena exhibited by quantum field theories, such as symmetry breaking and the origin of Goldstone bosons.

All of these considerations involve only bosonic quantum field theories, but the inclusion of fermions is done in the second part of the book. The discussion here is also more physical, as the author discusses electrodynamics in metals, the treatment however being non-relativistic. This is remedied though later as the author treats quantum electrodynamics. The Schwinger model, and the origin of anomalies as a screening of the electromagnetic field is discussed, and this discussion is more physically motivated and better appreciated intuitively than the one based on path integral measures. The famous Boson-Fermion equivalence in (2+1) dimensions is discussed in terms of the Aharonov-Bohm effect. This is an interesting discussion and one that is somewhat unorhodox, as it is usually not presented in this way. It clearly shows the physical meaning of adding the Chern-Simons term to the Lagrangian, presented in most books as being merely a mathematical device.

Spin systems are the subject of part 3 of the book, with the author noting at the beginning that such systems are complicated to study due to the commutation relations of the spin operators. The emphasis is on disordered magnetic systems, and the presentation is crystal clear from a physical standpoint. The role of continuous symmetry in the nonlinear sigma model, and the breaking of discrete symmetry by short range quantum fluctuations is discussed in detail. The reader is also briefly introduced to the physics of doped antiferromagnets.

The last part of the book is the most exotic, and one that is better understood from a mathematical standpoint. The physics of (1+1)-dimensional quantum systems has turned out to be more of a mathematical playground however, as it turns out to have many experimental manifestations, as the author points out many times. In addition, his treatment of the quantum field theory of the free massless bosonic scalar field shows that even a seemingly trivial action can have non-trivial properties in terms of its correlation functions. Perturbing this action by a cosine term gives the sine-Gordon model, which is exactly solvable, and its connection with conformal field theory is shown by the author. The famous Kosterlitz-Thouless transition is also treated in fair detail. The Ising and spin 1/2 Heisenberg models are discussed in terms of conformal field theories and bosonization. The reader thus gets a physical motivation for the consideration of conformal field theories that have resulted in an enormous amount of research in the past decade. And, also, the reader can see clearly the origin of Kac-Moody algebras and non-Abelian bosonization in these and latter discussions on current operators. The Kondo problem, dealing with a magnetic impurity in a metal, and one of the most difficult problems in condensed matter physics, is treated here in detail in one dimension at half-filling.

The Best Introduction to CFT for CMT
This book gives a fairly comprehensive and very comprehendible introduction to conformal field theory as seen from a condensed-matter theorist's point of view.The review of the book from Book News givenabove actually describes it very well.The only things that could be addedare a warning that there are typos in the text and a praise to the authorfor the superb (as always) illustrations, which he drew himself.

Theauthor gives a fuller treatment of the subject in his new book"Bosonisation and Strongly Correlated Systems", which, quiteunfortunately, has not yet come out in paperback and is prohibitivelyexpensive in hardcover.

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This classic book, originally published in 1968, is based on notes of a year-long seminar the authors ran at Princeton University. The primary goal of the book was to give a rather complete presentation of algebraic aspects of global class field theory, and the authors accomplished this goal spectacularly: for more than 40 years since its first publication, the book has served as an ultimate source for many generations of mathematicians. In this revised edition, two mathematical additions complementing the exposition in the original text are made. The new edition also contains several new footnotes, additional references, and historical comments. ... Read more

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Providing a new perspective on quantum field theory, this book gives a pedagogical and up-to-date exposition of non-perturbative methods in relativistic quantum field theory and introduces the reader to modern research work in theoretical physics. It describes in detail non-perturbative methods in quantum field theory, and explores two- dimensional and four- dimensional gauge dynamics using those methods. The book concludes with a summary emphasizing the interplay between two- and four- dimensional gauge theories. Aimed at graduate students and researchers, this book covers topics from two-dimensional conformal symmetry, affine Lie algebras, solitons, integrable models, bosonization, and 't Hooft model, to four-dimensional conformal invariance, integrability, large N expansion, Skyrme model, monopoles and instantons. Applications, first to simple field theories and gauge dynamics in two dimensions, and then to gauge theories in four dimensions and quantum chromodynamics (QCD) in particular, are thoroughly described. ... Read more

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Global class field theory is a major achievement of algebraic number theory based on the functorial properties of the reciprocity map and the existence theorem. This book explores the consequences and the practical use of these results in detailed studies and illustrations of classical subjects. In the corrected second printing 2005, the author improves many details all through the book.

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Although it is our most successful physical theory, quantum mechanics raises conceptual issues that have perplexed physicists and philosophers of science for decades. This book develops a new approach based on the proposal that quantum theory is not a complete, final theory, but, in fact, an emergent phenomenon arising from a more profound level of dynamics. ... Read more

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The fourth edition contains seven new sections with chapters on General Relativity, Gravitational Waves and Relativistic Cosmology. The text has been thoroughly revised and additional problems inserted.


The Complete course of Theoretical Physics by Landau and Lifshitz, recognized as two of the world's outstanding physicists, is published in full by Butterworth-Heinemann. It comprises nine volumes, covering all branches of the subject; translations from the Russian are by leading scientists. ... Read more

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Just one word; genius.
Being both a mechanical engineer and an absolute lover of physics, I have few words to describe what this book means. This book is simply the bible of field theory in
this world. However is not to everyone, it is a very hard book, rigorous mathematically talking, profound and definitive, this is that kind of book you only catch up and face it when you have a rigorous and a considerable knowledge of both physics and advanced calculus, obviously if you have neither one nor other, you'd better get another text, maybe an intermediate one. It is interesting that it starts with special relativity and finishes with general relativity; you'd better be good in tensor calculus. Landau left a legacy unequaled in terms of theoretical physics; all of his books on this series are way above average and absolutely definitive texts in theoretical physics.

A good reference book for EM students
By "good" in the title, I mean probably the best of all times when in comes to what the book is about. Instead of elaborating on how good it is (quite a few reviewers have done that already), I'll try to say something about what the book is about, and its best usage.

The book is about microscopic electromagnetic theory (EM) within a general physical framework and General Relativity.

The "microscopic" qualifier means that you are not going to learn anything about macroscopic fields within material bodies. Granted, microscopic and macroscopic EM are identical in vacuum, but they are not within material bodies. Most introductory courses deal with (at least static) macroscopic EM, so be aware that you probably can't use this book as a standalone text in the first EM course you take. (There is a complete volume in the same series devoted to macroscopic EM.)

The fact that it is written in the langaue of a "general physical framework" means that very many of the tools of classical mechanics are used. Knowledge of Newtonian mechanics in the language of Newton is definitly not a sufficient background; the Lagrangian formulation as well as the Hamiltonian formulation, including variational principles and the Hamilton-Jacobi equation are required background material. In addition, the setting is the spacetime of special relativity, including tensors, Lorentz transformations and all that comes with it. The generality of the text (and probably lack of space) prohibits the exposition of hairy detailed solutions of complex specialized EM problems.

I percieve the required background as follows: Mathematical analysis in several variables, including integration in several dimensions. Naturally, vector analysis and linear algebra are needed. Also a working knowledge of functional analysis is pretty useful. Classical mechanics is a must and a general introductory course on wave mechanics is useful and one on EM is probably mandatory. I can think of more stuff, but let's stop here.

If you do have the required background I congratulate you. If you do not, and the book is the recommended as a text, then the instructor probably knows what he is doing and will provide complementary material. In any case you will find a logically coherent presentation of EM. This is definitly not the way things emerged historically and maybe not the most efficient way pedagogically.

1. Special Relativity including particle mechanics.
2. The electromagnetic field tensor.
3. The Maxwell equations.
4. Electrostatics
5. Electrodynamic waves including the frequency domain of light as a special case (optics).
6. Radiation from moving charges.

As you can see, the order is almost the reverse of the order in elementary books where the field tensor probably is introduced (if at all) in the last optional chapter. The normal introductory EM book also doesn't let you even see the Maxwell equations before you have solved a gazillion electrostatic problems etcetera.

For me personally, Landau was the fourth text. I finally got to appreciate what the first three tried to teach me when it comes to physical insight. Needless to say, the other ones did succed in teaching some mathematical tricks, but it was Landau that put EM in the web of physics.

I can't comment on the part on General Relativity - I can just assume that it is good.

Does the Work of at Least Four Modern Texts on the same subject
Truly rough going in the latter parts of the book, but still the best of the best: straight forward economical and elegant. All the derivations are classics and transparent in their exactness. All of the moving parts of advance physics are present here, and fit, and are taken in their proper or logical sequence. Most derivations are novel and include uncommonly elegant shortcuts that have endured over time.

The last part of the book is no walk in the park -- especially for those of us who have been away from advanced mathematics for a while - because here a few curve balls and subtleties are slipped in. Still the avoidance of line integration was a welcomed side benefit.

However, even with its subtleties in the second half: with repetition and enough time, and with the help of other texts, including the valuable volume I of this series, one can still muddle through until the eureka moment occurs.

A valuable gauge against which today's texts in field theory are to be measured. This book does the work of about four modern texts on the same subject.

Five Stars

Physics/math study
This is an absolute necessity for a graduate student!Studying math/physics.One of the very best available.I was very pleased in the condition of the book, and the price made it affordable for me.

The work of a master
Landau's approach to Classical Field Theory demonstrates his ability to be clear, concise, and elegant without drowning out the physics with math. I will say, however, that Landau requires a certain maturity to appreciate his style (same goes for Rudin's books of analysis). I would recommend this title to those with a working knowledge of classical E & M, vector/tensor analysis, and of special relativity. It is also wise to work through the author's Theoretical Mechanics to get a taste of their style. I believe, contrary to many, that this book is appropriate for self study if one is willing to do the work (not only the exercises but following along pencil in hand). I suggest reading a passage and then covering it up and then trying to do the derivations by hand. My only complaint is the quality of print, which has is not the fault of the authors. It is especially annoying at first. ... Read more

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Providing a deeper understanding of the microscopic world through quantum theory, this supplementary text covers a wider range of topics than conventional textbooks. Emphasis is given to modern achievements such as entanglement, quantum teleportation, and Bose-Einstein condensation. Macroscopic quantum effects of practical relevance, for example superconductivity and the quantum Hall effect, are also described. The author discusses the exciting prospects for quantum computing in the future. ... Read more

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Ask a traditional mathematician the likely outcome of a coin-toss, and he will reply that noevidence exists on which to base such a prediction.Ask a Bayesian, and he will examine thecoin, conclude that it was probably not tampered with, and predict five hundred heads in athousand tosses; a subsequent experiment would then be used to refine this prediction. TheBayesian approach, in other words, permits the use of prior knowledge when testing a hypothesis.

Long the province of mathematicians and statisticians, Bayesian methods are applied in thisground-breaking book to problems in cutting-edge physics. Joerg Lemm offers practicalexamples of Bayesian analysis for the physicist working in such areas as neural networks,artificial intelligence, and inverse problems in quantum theory. The book also includesnonparametric density estimation problems, including, as special cases, nonparametric regressionand pattern recognition.Thought-provoking and sure to be controversial, Bayesian FieldTheory will be of interest to physicists as well as to other specialists in the rapidly growingnumber of fields that make use of Bayesian methods. ... Read more

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This study provides a systematic approach to the quantum theory of collective phenomena, based principally on the model of infinite systems.The author sets the theory within the framework of modern statistical mechanics, formulating it in rigorous, though relatively simple, mathematical terms.This approach leads to a generalized form of statistical thermodynamics, and to useful characterizations of such collective phenomena as phase transitions, irreversibility, and metastability, going beyond the scope of traditional statistical mechanics of finite systems. ... Read more

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Quantum mechanics is a subject that has captured the imagination of a surprisingly broad range of thinkers, including many philosophers of science. Quantum field theory, however, is a subject that has been discussed mostly by physicists. This is the first book to present quantum field theory in a manner that makes it accessible to philosophers. Because it presents a lucid view of the theory and debates that surround the theory, An Interpretive Introduction to Quantum Field Theory will interest students of physics as well as students of philosophy.

Paul Teller presents the basic ideas of quantum field theory in a way that is understandable to readers who are familiar with non-relativistic quantum mechanics. He provides information about the physics of the theory without calculational detail, and he enlightens readers on how to think about the theory physically. Along the way, he dismantles some popular myths and clarifies the novel ways in which quantum field theory is both a theory about fields and about particles. His goal is to raise questions about the philosophical implications of the theory and to offer some tentative interpretive views of his own. This provocative and thoughtful book challenges philosophers to extend their thinking beyond the realm of quantum mechanics and it challenges physicists to consider the philosophical issues that their explorations have encouraged. ... Read more

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A fair introduction, but needs to be greatly expanded
Philosophical debate on quantum mechanics was very intense and widespread in the twentieth century, and it continues without abatement in the twenty-first. Philosophical issues in quantum field theory (QFT) however are not as common, this being due possibly to the level of physics and mathematics needed to master the subject. This book is one of the few that has appeared that deal with these issues, and it serves as a fairly good introduction to them.

In the preface, the author describes quantum field as a subject that is "notoriously hard to learn". He admits having severe difficulty in the learning of it, which he blames on the lack of good presentations of the subject. One can easily find though superb explanations of QFT in the literature, both in preprint and textbook form. His presentation of QFT could loosely be described as the "older" quantum field theory, since he does not address guage theories and makes no use of modern mathematical formalism. By his own admission, all of the ideas in the book were known by 1950.

The title of the book reflects the author's view of an interpretation of a theory, namely that it gives a similarity relation that is hypothesize to hold between a model and the properties of things that the model is supposed to characterize. This notion of similarity is a purely qualitative one though, as is typical in most discourses on philosophy. For the author, the issue for interpretation is the phenomenon of "superposition" in QFT, and he also endeavors to show that the "particle" intepretation of QFT is at equal level with the "field" theoretic one. He believes that current views on QFT get the particle aspect wrong, nor show how the particle and field aspects fit together. It is the particle labeling he says, that causes problems, and his solution is via the Fock space formalism, which avoids what he calls the "surplus structure" of conventional quantum mechanics, and which avoids the temptation to ascribe properties to particles. Instead he uses a conception of "quanta", which gives information only on what patterns of properties are exhibited. The Fock space basis states, and consequently the operators are indexed by space-time points, entailing naturally an interpretation of the theory in terms of fields. However, the notion of "operator-valued fields" that is typically expoused by practioners is criticized by the author and he lays out a different interpretation (but again using the Fock formalism), using as examples coherent states and vacuum fluctuations. He recognizes, quite correctly, that an interpretation as a quantum field takes place in a loose analogical relation to classical physics.

No treatment of quantum field theory could be complete without including a discussion of renormalization. The author does not really add anything new in his discussion, as a reader can gain essentially the same content and insight (and more) in currrent papers, preprints, monographs, and textbooks on the subject. The use of cut-offs and dimensional regularization are briefly discussed, but no new insights are given into them. His solution to the problem of renormalization is what he calls a "mask-of-ignorance" approach, in which he asserts that a correct quantum field theory will be completely free of infinities. The correct theory is unknown, but this does not matter as long as attention is restricted to expressions that are independent of the cutoff and the regularization scheme. This has been said many times already though, by many different researchers and expositors of quantum field theory. A quantum field theory free from divergences has yet to be found, but another approach to the problem of infinities has taken over, that one going by the name of string theory.

a stepping stone, not a place to stop
My first exposure to QFT was Sunny Auyang's "How is Quantum Field Theory Possible?"I had hoped to find more details about the theory itself to supplement the parts of Auyang's presentation that I founddifficult.I was disappointed to find Teller presenting QFT as it was inthe 1960s, forty years ago, in contrast to Auyang's much more modernapproach.

Five facts about QFT were brought home to me by Teller's book. (1) QFT is a metatheory, not a theory. It doesn't become a theory untilcritical parts are filled in by an actual model such as the Standard Modelof particle physics.Teller gives no clue about how this works. (2) QFT isincomplete in many ways beyond its absence of gravity. (3) QFT isinconsistent, giving different answers to the same problem depending onwhat methods you use to solve it.Choosing the correct method is a keytalent physicists must acquire.(4) QFT is sometimes very sound, givingextraordinarily accurate answers.These problems are all captured byobserving that (5) QFT (at least as presented by Teller) is not rigorous;it's a toolkit of formalisms and techniques that have been developed with aperspective much more like engineering than like mathematics.

Teller'starget audience is physicists who are able to treat nonrelativistic quantummechanics and its interpretive problems as uninteresting background, andwho want to know a little bit about some of the additonal interpretiveissues that caused trouble during the development of QFT.If you want toknow how those issues relate to the classic problems of philosophy, youneed to go elsewhere.Auyang is a good place to start, providingsignificantly more sophistication in both philosophy and mathematics.

Paperbound edition recommended for those new to the subject
I should say first that I write as a mathematician who is not a physicist, but who is interested in the subject.For readers with some knowledge of nonrelativistic, single particle quantum mechanics, this is a good place to get an idea of what quantum field theory is about.The opening chapters are more philosophical than the later ones, which are more mathematical, but one should be willing to consider the topic from both these angles in order to get the most from this book.The development of the occupation-number formalism and Fock space is very clear and enjoyable, but matters get more difficult later on.The occasional excursions into relativistic field theory frankly lost me a couple of times.The last chapter, on renormalization, however, is again very lucid and accessible to someone with even a modest background.It seems to me that much of the interpretive work Teller undertakes is to understand the relationship and possible differences between quantum field-theory -- i.e., QFT as quantization of classical fields -- and quantum-field theory -- i.e., a field theory of 'quanta' which lack radical individuation, or as Teller says, "primitive thisness."Along these lines he gives some very good cautions against interpreting Feynman diagrams literally.Since the work is highly introductory in nature, being much less technical and extensive than books of similar titles by Sterman, Kaku, et al., it seems a little expensive at its full $35 hardcover price, but is certainly worth the $16.95 asked for paperbound ... Read more

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Providing a wealth of information on fundamental topics in the areas of linear air and underwater acoustics, as well as space-time signal processing, this book provides real-world design and analysis equations. As a consequence of the interdisciplinary nature of air and underwater acoustics, the book is divided into two parts: Acoustic Field Theory and Space-Time Signal Processing. It covers the fundamentals of acoustic wave propagation as well as the fundamentals of aperture theory, array theory, and signal processing. Starting with principles and using a consistent, mainly standard notation, this book develops, in detail, basic results that are useful in a variety of air and underwater acoustic applications. Numerous figures, examples, and problems are included. ... Read more

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Knowledge of the renormalization group and field theory is a key part of physics, and is essential in condensed matter and particle physics. Written for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students, this textbook provides a concise introduction to this subject. The textbook deals directly with the loop-expansion of the free-energy, also known as the background field method. This is a powerful method, especially when dealing with symmetries, and statistical mechanics. In focussing on free-energy, the author avoids long developments on field theory techniques. The necessity of renormalization then follows. ... Read more

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Quantum field theory, which started with Paul Dirac’s work shortly after the discovery of quantum mechanics, has produced an impressive and important array of results. Quantum electrodynamics, with its extremely accurate and well-tested predictions, and the standard model of electroweak and chromodynamic (nuclear) forces are examples of successful theories. Field theory has also been applied to a variety of phenomena in condensed matter physics, including superconductivity, superfluidity and the quantum Hall effect. The concept of the renormalization group has given us a new perspective on field theory in general and on critical phenomena in particular. At this stage, a strong case can be made that quantum field theory is the mathematical and intellectual framework for describing and understanding all physical phenomena, except possibly for a quantum theory of gravity.

Quantum Field Theory: A Modern Perspective presents Professor Nair’s view of certain topics in field theory loosely knit together as it grew out of courses on field theory and particle physics taught at Columbia University and the City College of CUNY. The first few chapters, up to Chapter 12, contain material that generally goes into any course on quantum field theory, although there are a few nuances of presentation which readers may find to be different from other books. This first part of the book can be used for a general course on field theory, omitting, perhaps, the last three sections in Chapter 3, the last two in Chapter 8 and sections 6 and 7 in Chapter 10. The remaining chapters cover some of the more modern developments over the last three decades, involving topological and geometrical features. The introduction given to the mathematical basis of this part of the discussion is necessarily brief and should be accompanied by books on the relevant mathematical topics as indicated in the bibliography. Professor Nair also concentrates on developments pertinent to a better understanding of the standard model. There is no discussion of supersymmetry, supergravity, developments in field theory inspired by string theory, etc. There is also no detailed discussion of the renormalization group. Each of these topics would require a book in its own right to do justice to the topic. Quantum Field Theory: A Modern Perspective serves as a portal to so many more topics of detailed and ongoing research, referring readers to more detailed treatments for many specific topics. The book also contains extensive references, providing readers a more comprehensive perspective on the literature and the historical development of the subject.

V. Parameswaran Nair is Professor of Physics at City College of The City University of New York (CUNY). Professor Nair has held Visiting Professorships at The Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics, Rockefeller University, Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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At the time of its publication this classic text, co-written by the Nobel Laureate Max Born, represented the definitive account of the subject and in many ways it still does. The book begins with a general discussion of the statistical mechanics of ideal lattices, leading to the electric polarizability and to the scattering of light. It then provides detailed discussions of long lattice waves, thermal properties, and optical properties. ... Read more

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FACT: Maxwell Plus Einstein!
Not only does it provide Maxwell's original work, it also includes the 1954 translation of Albert Einsteins 1931 Appreciation to Maxwell, written to celebrate 100 years since the birth of Maxwell in 1831--this one of at least three major translations of Einstien's In Appreciation of Maxwell Essay.

Maxwell's Theory and Equations
This text is the classic work of James Clerk Maxwell. It is an essay, printed by the Royal Society of London in 1864 which gives a full insight into Maxwell's theory of electromagnetic waves.

Maxwell's equations are of course the entire basis of modern electromagnetic theory. It is much easier to view these ideas here, in this brief form, than to wade through the 1873 and later editions of Maxwell's mammoth "Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism".

The primary benefit of this small volume is the easy access to this paper. One would otherwise have to go for a collection of Maxwell's papers, which would be somewhat more expensive. The preface to the volume is a useful addition to the work. However, the Introduction by Thomas F. Torrance is a bit over the top. It also introduces a bit of a Theological `spin' to the material, which is not surprising when you see how many Theological/Religious texts this fellow is involved with.

Take or leave this 27 page introduction as you wish. The fact remains that you still get Maxwell, which is why you wanted the book in the first place! ... Read more

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