Particle & Nuclear Physics Quantum Field Theory NOW AVAILABLE New Books & Highlights in 2019-2020 ON WORLDSCINET World Scientific Lecture Notes in Physics - Vol 83 Lectures of Sidney Coleman on Quantum Field Field Theory Theory A Path Integral Approach Foreword by David Kaiser 3rd Edition edited by Bryan Gin-ge Chen (Leiden University, Netherlands), David by Ashok Das (University of Rochester, USA & Institute of Physics, Derbes (University of Chicago, USA), David Griffiths (Reed College, Bhubaneswar, India) USA), Brian Hill (Saint Mary’s College of California, USA), Richard Sohn (Kronos, Inc., Lowell, USA) & Yuan-Sen Ting (Harvard University, “This book is well-written and very readable. The book is a self-consistent USA) introduction to the path integral formalism and no prior knowledge of it is required, although the reader should be familiar with quantum “Sidney Coleman was the master teacher of quantum field theory. All of mechanics. This book is an excellent guide for the reader who wants a us who knew him became his students and disciples. Sidney’s legendary good and detailed introduction to the path integral and most of its important course remains fresh and bracing, because he chose his topics with a sure application in physics. I especially recommend it for graduate students in feel for the essential, and treated them with elegant economy.” theoretical physics and for researchers who want to be introduced to the Frank Wilczek powerful path integral methods.” Nobel Laureate in Physics 2004 Mathematical Reviews 1196pp Dec 2018 488pp Apr 2019 978-981-4635-50-9(pbk) US$88 £75 978-981-120-266-7(pbk) US$78 £70 978-981-4632-53-9 US$168 £150 978-981-120-254-4 US$138 £120 50 Years of Quarks Quantum Field Theory II Edited by: Harald Fritzsch (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, by Mikhail Shifman (University of Minnesota, USA) Germany), Murray Gell-Mann (Santa Fe Institute, USA) This textbook grew out of a quantum field theory (QFT) course taught “Harald Fritzsch and Murray Gell-Mann, the two fathers of quantum to students who already had an initial exposure to the subject. 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They provide a pedagogical, self-contained introduction to some of the most complex topics in quantum gauge theory, such as Lie algebras, electromagnetic Theoretical Physics in Your Face duality and integrable models. Selected Correspondence of Sidney Coleman 170pp Mar 2020 by Aaron S Wright (Dalhousie University, Canada), Diana Coleman & 978-981-3237-57-5 US$68 £60 David Kaiser (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) Sidney Coleman (1937 – 2007) was a renowned theoretical physicist whose work contributed critically to quantum field theory, high-energy particle Probing Particle Physics with physics and cosmology. He was also a remarkably effective teacher, being Neutrino Telescopes a mentor of several leading physicists in the field. His sense of humor and edited by Carlos Pérez de los Heros (Uppsala wit became legendary. 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