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Quantum Field Theory: A Modern Introduction International Student Edition
This introductory textbook with over 260 exercises, on the modern approach to quantum field theory, is intended for a graduate course on the subject. It includes discussions of topics that have become vital to a modern treatment of GFT, such as critical phenomena, lattice gauge theory, supersymmetry, quantum gravity, supergravity, and superstrings.
808 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1993
About the author
Michio Kaku
62 books7,056 followers(Arabic: ميشيو كاكو
Russian: Митио Каку
Chinese: 加來道雄)
Dr. Michio Kaku is an American theoretical physicist at the City College of New York , best-selling author, a futurist, and a communicator and popularizer of science. He has written several books about physics and related topics of science.
He has written two New York Times Best Sellers, Physics of the Impossible (2008) and Physics of the Future (2011).
Dr. Michio is the co-founder of string field theory (a branch of string theory), and continues Einstein’s search to unite the four fundamental forces of nature into one unified theory.
Kaku was a Visitor and Member (1973 and 1990) at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and New York University. He currently holds the Henry Semat Chair and Professorship in theoretical physics at the City College of New York.
Russian: Митио Каку
Chinese: 加來道雄)
Dr. Michio Kaku is an American theoretical physicist at the City College of New York , best-selling author, a futurist, and a communicator and popularizer of science. He has written several books about physics and related topics of science.
He has written two New York Times Best Sellers, Physics of the Impossible (2008) and Physics of the Future (2011).
Dr. Michio is the co-founder of string field theory (a branch of string theory), and continues Einstein’s search to unite the four fundamental forces of nature into one unified theory.
Kaku was a Visitor and Member (1973 and 1990) at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and New York University. He currently holds the Henry Semat Chair and Professorship in theoretical physics at the City College of New York.
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May 23, 2020
Michio Kaku is such a disappointment as a public intellectual, with his constant spewing of sensationalized nonsense about important science, poisoning earnest curious minds with his purulent drivel. What an abject disgrace it is to trade the beauty and integrity of honest scientific inquiry for all that flagrant stinky ass bullshit delivered in a steaming bowl in front of the talk show cameras. This man is a tragic joke.
And, yet, his book on QFT isn't half bad.
And, yet, his book on QFT isn't half bad.
July 25, 2008
Know advanced mathematics before you pick this up; this will hurt.
May 15, 2015
Unfortunately, Michio realized after a while that he'd do better writing straight science fiction. But I still prefer his early books.
October 7, 2026
If you're into stuff like this, you can read the full review.
String Vacua: "Quantum Field Theory: A Modern Introduction International Student Edition" by Michio Kaku
“Quantum field theory has emerged as the most successful physical framework describing the subatomic world. Both its computational power and its conceptual scope are remarkable. Its predictions for the interactions between electrons and photons have proved to be correct to within one part in 108. Furthermore, it can adequately explain the interactions of three of the four known fundamental forces in the universe. The success of quantum field theory as a theory of subatomic forces is today embodied in what is called the Standard Model. In fact, at present, there is no known experimental deviation from the Standard Model (excluding gravity). This impressive list of successes, of course, has not been without its problems. In fact, it has taken several generations of the world's physicists working over many decades to iron out most of quantum field theory's seemingly intractable problems. Even today, there are still several subtle unresolved problems about the nature of quantum field theory.â€
In “Quantum Field Theory - A Modern Introduction International Student Edition†by Michio Kaku
String Vacua: "Quantum Field Theory: A Modern Introduction International Student Edition" by Michio Kaku
“Quantum field theory has emerged as the most successful physical framework describing the subatomic world. Both its computational power and its conceptual scope are remarkable. Its predictions for the interactions between electrons and photons have proved to be correct to within one part in 108. Furthermore, it can adequately explain the interactions of three of the four known fundamental forces in the universe. The success of quantum field theory as a theory of subatomic forces is today embodied in what is called the Standard Model. In fact, at present, there is no known experimental deviation from the Standard Model (excluding gravity). This impressive list of successes, of course, has not been without its problems. In fact, it has taken several generations of the world's physicists working over many decades to iron out most of quantum field theory's seemingly intractable problems. Even today, there are still several subtle unresolved problems about the nature of quantum field theory.â€
In “Quantum Field Theory - A Modern Introduction International Student Edition†by Michio Kaku
July 10, 2024
Es god te presenta la qft como teoría de grupos aplicada a cuántica.
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November 20, 2020Do yourself a favour and read a real scientific book like Einstein's; Relativity: The Special and General Theory.
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