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I'd like to do some physics reading now that graduation is near and I don't want to lose all my hard work studying physics.

Was thinking some Quantum Field Theory, but open to other suggestions.

Any good books that I could read kind of casually? What are the definitive quantum field theory books?

>> No.9572168
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>> No.9572170

On QFT you really want to start with some heavy maths. The standard book afaik is Dyson, though a little refreshing with von Neumanns book beforehand might be beneficial.

>> No.9572171

>>9572168
This was the one I saw on amazon, was wondering if there are better texts.

>> No.9572174

>>9572165
>knowledge

You mean 'opinion'? Everything is relative, you know. Just like Einstein told us that spacetime is relative and non-constant, and just like quantum mechanics told us that physics is indetermined.

Claiming to possess "knowledge" is a form of VIOLENCE. You are trying to ENFORCE your OPINIONS on people using a systematic mental violence called "scientific method".

Ethically the only real knowledge should be that which is voted for.

>> No.9572177

>>9572174
really hope this is a troll
you just kill yourself in any case, just to be sure

>> No.9572850

>>9572165
Bump

>> No.9572888

>>9572165
https://www.amazon.com/Quantum-Mechanics-Theoretical-Leonard-Susskind/dp/0465062903

>> No.9572894

>>9572165
Yes, but still. What's the point? The entirety of Earth could and probably will go extinct because of a fuck-up, and the universe wouldn't even notice. We could also colonize the entire galaxy, hell, local super-cluster, and the universe wouldn't even flinch. Is there any point in doing anything?

>> No.9572902

David Tong's QFT lecture notes are fairly easy to read. Also Peskin & Schroeder is probably the definitive book. Weinberg has a different approach than other books (i.e. symmetry-based) and is good at seeing things from a different angle. Zee is also a casual read.

>> No.9572967

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>>9572174
>Destroy the patriarchal and misogynistic scientific knowledge.

>>>/pol/sjw

>> No.9574079

>>9573005
>everyone I disagree with is a Russian.
Then you should not have come to the physics department, devochka.