Introduction to Quantum Field Theory: A Relaxed Approach

[go quantum!]

Sometimes I find useful and more interesting to read a less rigorous textbook before tackling a reference textbook of a given subject.
Having said that, I am looking for a book that introduces the ideas of quantum field theory in a relaxed way. This allows to grab the ideas and then formalize them with the reading of the reference book.

Thank you for your attention.

 

[Daverz]

Aitchison & Hey is the most readable introduction I've seen. I only have the first volume, which covers QED. This is where I'd start.

There's also the famous book by Mandl & Shaw, but I only know it by reputation.

Zee's Nutshell book is very cool, but I'm not sure what he's doing can be appreciated without having to struggle through one of the more technical graduate texts first.

 

[zaybu]

I would recommend "A first book of Quantum Field Theory" by Lahiri and Pal. After that you'll be ready to tackle Weinberg, which is the holy grail of QFT.