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====== Peskin, Schroeder: An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory ====== | ====== Peskin, Schroeder: An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory ====== | ||
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- | Peskin and Schroeder's "An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory" is //the// [[theories:quantum_field_theory|quantum field theory]] standard textbook. | + | Peskin and Schroeder's "An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory" is //the// [[theories:quantum_field_theory:canonical|quantum field theory]] standard textbook. |
- | <blockquote>For over a decade this has been the standard in QFT pedagogy. It has everything a student could want presented coherently. The style is geared towards calculations, which makes it a handy reference. [...] | + | <blockquote>, For over a decade this has been the standard in QFT pedagogy. It has everything a student could want presented coherently. The style is geared towards calculations, which makes it a handy reference. [...] |
Every QFT student needs this book… but absolute beginners may not find this the most user-friendly text and would benefit from additional references. Either way, I would suggest basing one’s study on Peskin with well-selected auxilliary reading.<cite>[[https://fliptomato.wordpress.com/2006/12/30/from-griffiths-to-peskin-a-lit-review-for-beginners/|Flip Tanedo]]</cite></blockquote> | Every QFT student needs this book… but absolute beginners may not find this the most user-friendly text and would benefit from additional references. Either way, I would suggest basing one’s study on Peskin with well-selected auxilliary reading.<cite>[[https://fliptomato.wordpress.com/2006/12/30/from-griffiths-to-peskin-a-lit-review-for-beginners/|Flip Tanedo]]</cite></blockquote> | ||