Quantum Fields And Strings A Course For Mathematicians

Name: Quantum Fields And Strings A Course For Mathematicians
ISBN: 9780821820124

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i7lJan 2026
The easiest book that's not popsci but actual physics is Barton Zwiebach's "A First Course in String Theory".
It does not presuppose a background in QFT. It does require you to know quantum mechanics. Mind you, it's not as deep as the standard texts (Polchinski et al. or Kaku's work prior to going off the rails) or my favourite which is the two-volume "Quantum Fields and Strings: A Course for Mathematicians". But it makes reading the others possible.
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orbifoldDec 2018
The unfortunate truth is that even among good theoretical physicists there are few who would be able to teach such a course. The main reason is that a mathematical description of some of these things is still scattered in the research literature. The best attempt that I am aware of is the special year at Princeton in the 90s it produces a fantastic two volume collection of lectures “quantum fields and strings: a course for mathematicians”. Weinberg’s three part book on QFT is also pretty nice.
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