Quantum What's your opinion about this book?

  • Thread starter Thread starter Tio Barnabe
  • Start date Start date
  • Tags Tags
    Book
AI Thread Summary
The discussion centers on the book "Quantum Field Theory" by Ryder, which is highly regarded for its clear and efficient derivation of the Klein-Gordon Equation. The book is praised as an excellent resource for learning QFT, particularly in comparison to other texts available at the time, such as Bailin & Love's work on gauge theories, which employs a path-integral approach. The participants note that Ryder's book was particularly useful before the publication of Peskin & Schroeder, which is criticized for its numerous typos and conceptual issues, making it less suitable for beginners. Additionally, Weinberg's volumes, while groundbreaking, are considered challenging without prior foundational knowledge. The conversation also highlights the recommendation of M. D. Schwartz's "QFT and the Standard Model" as a valuable contemporary resource, emphasizing the importance of insights from experienced professionals in the field.
Tio Barnabe
What's your opinion about the book on Quantum Field Theory by Ryder?
 
Physics news on Phys.org
Demystifier said:
It's one of my favored QFT books.
Had never seen such a easily and quickly derivation of the Klein Gordon Equation as he does
 
It's a very good book. I used it to learn QFT. In parallel I read Bailin&Love, Gauge theories, which uses a path-integral-only approach. It's also very good. Note that this was in a time before there were Peskin&Schroeder (which I don't recommend to the beginner due to the many typos and the few but severe conceptual problems) and before Weinberg's three volumes. Volume 1 just came out a little later, and it was a revelation for me, but I think, I'd have had a hard time to understand it without my study of the more introductory books metioned above.

Nowadays I recommend

M. D. Schwartz, QFT and the Standard Model, Cam. Uni Press (2014)
 
Always good to know the opinion of a person with so many years working in the field!
 

Thread 'Opinions/personal experiences on the following four CompSci books'

For the following four books, has anyone used them in a course or for self study? Compiler Construction Principles and Practice 1st Edition by Kenneth C Louden Programming Languages Principles and Practices 3rd Edition by Kenneth C Louden, and Kenneth A Lambert Programming Languages 2nd Edition by Allen B Tucker, Robert E Noonan Concepts of Programming Languages 9th Edition by Robert W Sebesta If yes to either, can you share your opinions about your personal experience using them. I...
View full post »

Thread 'Ashcroft and Mermin: revised edition'

Hi, I have notice that Ashcroft, Mermin and Wei worked at a revised edition of the original solid state physics book (here). The book, however, seems to be never available. I have also read that the reason is related to some disputes related to copyright. Do you have any further information about it? Did you have the opportunity to get your hands on this revised edition? I am really curious about it, also considering that I am planning to buy the book in the near future... Thanks!
View full post »

Thread 'Collection of Free Online Physics Books and Lecture Notes (Part 2)'

This is part 2 of my thread Collection of Free Online Math Books and Lecture Notes Here, we will consider physics and mathematical methods for physics resources. Now, this is a work in progress. Please feel free comment regarding items you want to be included, or if a link is broken etc. Note: I will not post links to other collections, each link will point you to a single item. :book:📚📒 [FONT=trebuchet ms]Introductory college/university physics College Physics, Openstax...
View full post »

Similar threads

Opinions/personal experiences on the following four CompSci books
Replies
11
Views
162
Books on Weak Interaction
Replies
0
Views
833
Calculus Books with fully solved problems vs just final results?
Replies
23
Views
3K
Quantum mechanics book recommendations
Replies
10
Views
627
Is "Quantum Mechanics Demystified" a good book for a beginner?
Replies
4
Views
4K
Quantum Books on electroweak and strong interactions (& QED)
Replies
1
Views
2K
Quantum Looking for upper division modern physics book
Replies
9
Views
2K
Classical Looking for book about relativistic classical field theory
Replies
15
Views
4K
"Statistical Thermodynamics" book by Erwin Schrödinger
Replies
19
Views
2K
Quantum 'Quantum mechanics the theoretical minimum' book
Replies
8
Views
2K

Hot Threads

Recent Insights

Back
Top