TheQuantumTheoryofFields:Volume1,Foundations:Foundationsv.1

Availableforthefirsttimeinpaperback,TheQuantumTheoryofFieldsisaself-contained,comprehensive,andup-to-dateintroductiontoquantumfieldtheoryfromNobelLaureateStevenWeinberg.VolumeIintroducesthefoundationsofquantumfieldtheory.Thedevelopmentisfreshandlogicalthroughout,witheachstepcarefullymotivatedbywhathasgonebefore.Afterabriefhistoricaloutline,thebookbeginswiththeprinciplesofrelativityandquantummechanics,andthepropertiesofparticlesthatfollow.Quantumfieldtheoryemergesfromthisasanaturalconsequence.Theclassiccalculationsofquantumelectrodynamicsarepresentedinathoroughlymodernway,showingtheuseofpathintegralsanddimensionalregularization.Itcontainsmuchoriginalmaterial,andispepperedwithexamplesandinsightsdrawnfromtheauthor'sexperienceasaleaderofelementaryparticleresearch.Exercisesareincludedattheendofeachchapter.