Quanta and FieldsSean Carroll
Quanta and Fields
by Sean Carroll · first published 2024
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…having) computer expertise. Two recent popular books about QFT are: Matt Strassler’s Waves in an Impossible Sea (no math, just hand-wavy analogies): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CB3LZXR9/ Sean Carroll’s Quanta and Fields (tries to give you a basic understanding of the actual math): https://www.amazon.com/dp/0593186605/
on “A common misunderstanding about wave-particle duality” ↗Carroll's latest book "Quanta and Fields: The Biggest Ideas in the Universe" is about all this quantum field theory, and I think it perfectly covers the gap between pop-sci and academic material for people with some math exposure. While other…
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