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Perfect for learning field theory on your own
I would like to thank Professor Zee for writing his excellent book. I may not be in its original intended audience - I studied physics long ago and work in an unrelated field. But I was always curious about field theory and his book has enabled me to learn it on my own. It is by far the clearest and easiest to follow book I've found on the subject. I suspect there are many more like me who have read it. Thanks and well done.Brings the subject to life
This quantum field theory textbook is probably the most enjoyable one to read. The presentation is based on the most beautiful shortcuts known in quantum field theory, which brings Zee very deep into the subject without all the heavy calculations that are common in the more standard QFT textbooks. In addition to many standard topics of quantum field theory, it explains many subjects that are not usually included (e.g., subjects involving gravity, various examples from condensed matter physics, and more). The sections are very short and easy to read. The book is rich with wonderful physical insights, and I'd highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in the subject. (To learn the more dirty stuff, I would suggest to supplement it with the book by Srednicki, while some other people would recommend Peskin and Schroeder. For a reader who insists on the most rigorous presentation available, I would suggest Weinberg's book).Quantum field theory in a nutshell
This book is really valuable since is capable to start from the basic concepts of quantum field theory and going up to the frontier of today's physics with some insights on string theory. Overall the style is really charming, with an unassuming language but at the same time capable to highlight deep concepts.An excellent book on the long last!
I belong to the enthusiastic laymans having enough curiosity and insistence to get acquainted with the results of modern sciences but lacking the mastery on advanced math and physics I had no chance so far to understand the basic roots of quantum field theory. I tried with several textbooks in my mother language and english too, but after reading the first pages I had to close them with a sigh: it is hopeless for me to get through the technical details and as a result I really could not see the forest for the trees. But at long last I got this book of A.Zee! I got through only the first section of it so far, but I now feel confidence to finish it regardless of the coming difficulties I'll have to meet underway. And what is more I have succeded in not only understanding the basic concepts but even solving some exercises attached to the text which Mr. Zee strongly proposed to do. It is worth to accept Mr. Zee's instructions, evidently he knows what he is doing. In my country we used to say: there are two types of experts. The ones who understand their field well, are doing it, the others, who do not, are teaching it. Mr. Zee belongs to a valuable third type: beeing a leading expert on his field he can teach it on an outstandig level at the same time. Many thanks to him for having written this excellent book. A.Makay (Hungary)Indispensable for Students of QFT
This book is more fun than any other QFT book I have read. The comparisons to Feynman's writings made by several of the reviewers seem quite apt. I was lucky enough to be in the Princeton vicinity when the general viewpoint presented in this book was being cooked up by an amazing gang of physicists. (That was in the mid 70's.) I will always remember Tony as a happy-go-lucky guy, but a very serious physicist. He really enjoyed what he was doing, and this book clearly shows that he still does. His enthusiasm is quite infectious. This is not a didactic or encyclopedic tome - serious students must read Weinberg's set The Quantum Theory of Fields Vol. I (Quantum Theory of Fields) (and succeeding volumes) and/or some of the other books mentioned in the Amazon reviews. But I doubt that any other book will spark your interest like this one does. Enjoy it - you probably will so much that you won't want to slow down enough to do the problems. That's excusable - once. If you want the full benefit, go back to the book later and do them.Keyword : quantum+physic
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