A Story Of Light
Subtitle: A Short Introduction To Quantum Field Theory Of Quarks And Leptons
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company; World Scientific
Published: December 31, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 107
ISBN-13: 9789812560346
Subjects: Optics (light); Science; Science/Mathematics; Nuclear Physics; Physics; Quantum Theory
First sentence: One may have wondered when first learning Newtonian mechanics, also called the classical mechanics, why the concept of a field, the force field of gravity in this case, is hardly mentioned.
Description: "This book presents the essential aspects of relativistic quantum field theory, with minimal use of mathematics. It covers the development of quantum field theory from the original quantization of electromagnetic field to the gauge field theory of interactions among quarks and leptons. Aimed at both scientists and non-specialists, it requires only some rudimentary knowledge of the Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulation of Newtonian mechanics and a basic understanding of the special theory of relativity and quantum mechanics." -- Back cover.