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This introduction to quantum field theory, authored by Nobel Laureate Steven Weinberg, offers an in-depth exploration of fundamental concepts in the field. It is designed for graduate students and advanced undergraduates, combining theoretical insights with practical applications. The text emphasizes clarity and rigor, making complex ideas accessible while providing a solid foundation in the principles of quantum mechanics and particle physics. This paperback edition brings Weinberg's acclaimed work to a broader audience, enhancing its reach and impact.

This comprehensive introduction to quantum field theory, authored by Nobel Laureate Steven Weinberg, offers an in-depth exploration of the subject, blending theoretical concepts with practical applications. First published in 1996, it serves as a foundational text for students and researchers, elucidating complex topics with clarity and precision. Weinberg's expertise and insights provide readers with a profound understanding of the principles that govern particle physics and the interactions of fundamental forces.

This book is unique in the detailed, self-contained, and comprehensive treatment that it gives to the ideas and formulas that are used and tested in modern cosmological research. It divides into two parts, each of which provides enough material for a one-semester graduate course. The first part deals chiefly with the isotropic and homogeneous average universe; the second part concentrates on the departures from the average universe. Throughout the book the author presents detailed analytic calculations of cosmological phenomena, rather than just report results obtained elsewhere by numerical computation. The book is up to date, and gives detailed accounts of topics such as recombination, microwave background polarization, leptogenesis, gravitational lensing, structure formation, and multifield inflation, that are usually treated superficially if at all in treatises on cosmology. Copious references to current research literature are supplied. Appendices include a briefintroduction to general relativity, and a detailed derivation of the Boltzmann equation for photons and neutrinos used in calculations of cosmological evolution. Also provided is an assortment of problems.

Nobel Laureate Steven Weinberg explains the foundations of modern physics in historical context for undergraduates and beyond.

An understanding of nature's final laws may be within our grasp - a way of explaining forces and symmetries and articles that does not require further explanation. In it he discusses beauty, the weakness of philosophy, the best ideas in physics and the honour of accepting a world without god.

The book offers a clear and insightful introduction to modern quantum mechanics, specifically tailored for graduate students. Steven Weinberg's expertise shines through as he distills complex concepts into accessible explanations, making it an invaluable resource for those looking to deepen their understanding of the subject.

Nobel Laureate Steven Weinberg offers a thorough introduction to supersymmetry, exploring its fundamental concepts and implications in theoretical physics. This paperback edition presents complex ideas in an accessible manner, making it suitable for both students and enthusiasts. Weinberg's expertise provides valuable insights into the significance of supersymmetry in understanding the universe, bridging gaps between various areas of physics while emphasizing its potential impact on future research.

This classic of contemporary science writing by a Nobel Prize-winning physicist explains to general readers what happened when the universe began, and how we know.

In "To Explain the World," Nobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Weinberg offers a compelling history of science's evolution, tracing its roots from ancient civilizations to modern times. He explores the struggles and breakthroughs that shaped our understanding, highlighting the interplay between science, religion, and philosophy.

In To Explain the World, pre-eminent theoretical physicist Steven Weinberg offers a rich and irreverent history of science from a unique perspective - that of a scientist. Moving from ancient Miletus to medieval Baghdad to Oxford, and from the Museum of Alexandria to the Royal Society of London, he shows that the scientists of the past not only did not understand what we understand about the world - they did not understand what there is to understand. Yet eventually, through the struggle to solve such mysteries as the backward movement of the planets and the rise and fall of tides, the modern discipline of science emerged.