Quantum Field Theory: A Modern Introduction

by Michio Kaku

The rise of quantum electrodynamics (QED) made possible a number of excellent textbooks on quantum field theory in the 1960s. However, the rise of quantum chromodynamics (QCD) and the Standard Model has made it urgent to have a fully modern textbook for the 1990s and beyond. Building on the foundation of QED, Quantum Field A Modern Introduction presents a clear and comprehensive discussion of the gauge revolution and the theoretical and experimental evidence which makes the Standard Model the leading theory of subatomic phenomena. The book is divided into three Part I, Fields and Renormalization, lays a solid foundation by presenting canonical quantization, Feynman rules and scattering matrices, and renormalization theory. Part II, Gauge Theory and the Standard Model, focuses on the Standard Model and discusses path integrals, gauge theory, spontaneous symmetry breaking, the renormalization group, and BPHZ quantization. Part III, Non-perturbative Methods and
Unification, discusses more advanced methods which now form an essential part of field theory, such as critical phenomena, lattice gauge theory, instantons, supersymmetry, quantum gravity, supergravity, and superstrings.

Genres: Science, Physics, Brain, Nonfiction

785 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1993

About the author

(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.

Reviews

[Brian Powell]

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.

[Brad Hankinson]

Know advanced mathematics before you pick this up; this will hurt.

[G.R. Reader]

Unfortunately, Michio realized after a while that he'd do better writing straight science fiction. But I still prefer his early books.

[Akli Bouchekal]

Es god te presenta la qft como teoría de grupos aplicada a cuántica.

[Forked Radish]

Do yourself a favour and read a real scientific book like Einstein's; Relativity: The Special and General Theory.