Quantum Field Theory in a Nutshell
{{short description|University textbook by Anthony Zee}}
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Quantum Field Theory in a Nutshell is a textbook by Anthony Zee covering quantum field theory.{{Cite book |title=Quantum field theory in a nutshell|first=A.|last=Zee |date=2003|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=9780691010199|location=Princeton, N.J.|oclc=50479292}} The book has been adopted by many universities, including Harvard University, Princeton University, the University of California, Berkeley, the California Institute of Technology, Columbia University, Stanford University, and Brown University, among others.{{Cite book|url=https://press.princeton.edu/titles/9227.html|title=Quantum Field Theory in a Nutshell|publisher=Princeton University Press|date=21 February 2010 |isbn=9780691140346 |language=en|access-date=2017-10-04|last1=Zee |first1=A. }}
Response
Stephen Barr said about the book, "Like the famous Feynman Lectures on Physics, this book has the flavor of a good blackboard lecture".{{Cite web|url=https://www.kitp.ucsb.edu/zee/books/quantum-field-theory-nutshell|title=Quantum Field Theory in a Nutshell {{!}} KITP|website=www.kitp.ucsb.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-10-04}} Michael Peskin's review in Classical and Quantum Gravity said, "This is quantum field theory taught at the knee of an eccentric uncle; one who loves the grandeur of his subject, has a keen eye for a slick argument, and is eager to share his repertoire of anecdotes about Feynman, Fermi, and all of his heroes [...] This [book] can help [students] love the subject and race to its frontier".{{Cite journal|last=Peskin|first=Michael E.|date=2011|title=Quantum Field Theory in a Nutshell (2nd edn)|url=http://stacks.iop.org/0264-9381/28/i=8/a=089003|journal=Classical and Quantum Gravity|language=en|volume=28|issue=8|pages=089003|doi=10.1088/0264-9381/28/8/089003|issn=0264-9381|bibcode=2011CQGra..28h9003P|s2cid=250860979 |url-access=subscription}} David Tong called it a "charming book, where emphasis is placed on physical understanding and the author isn’t afraid to hide the ugly truth when necessary. It contains many gems".{{Cite web|url=http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/tong/qft.html|title=David Tong: Quantum Field Theory|website=www.damtp.cam.ac.uk|at=See the PDF.|language=en|access-date=2017-10-04}} Zvi Bern wrote, "Zee has an infectious enthusiasm and a remarkable talent for slicing through technical mumbo jumbo to arrive at the heart of a problem".{{cite journal|author=Bern, Zvi|title=Review of Quantum Field Theory in a Nutshell by Anthony Zee|journal=Physics Today|date=1 April 2004|volume=57|issue=4|page=88|doi=10.1063/1.1752429|doi-access=}}
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