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Conceptual foundations of quantum field theory

By Tian Yu Cao

Book information

Publisher
CUP
Year
1999
ISBN
9780521631525, 0521631521
LCC
QC174.45.A1 C646 1999
Open Library ID
OL364126M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
5 MB (4831272 bytes)
Pages
420\420
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
300
Time added
2010-07-29 05:14:56

Description

Quantum Field Theory is a powerful language for the description of the subatomic constituents of the physical world and the laws and principles that govern them. This book contains up-to-date, in-depth analyses of our present understanding of its conceptual foundations, of the reasons why this understanding has to be revised so that the theory can go further, and of possible directions in which revisions may be promising and productive. These analyses are by eminent physicists and philosophers of science and will be of interest to graduate students and research workers in physics who want to know about the foundational problems of their subject. The book will also be of interest to professional philosophers, historians and sociologists of science, because it contains much material for metaphysical and methodological reflections, for historical and cultural analyses, and for sociological analyses of the way in which various factors contribute to the way the foundations are revised.

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