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Re:Why String Theory Still Offers Hope We Can Unify Physics by Xcelerate on Sunday January 04, 2015 @04:56AM (#8833974)
Yeah, same here. It's unfortunate really. Which QFT text are you reading? I've just started Weinberg's book.
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Re:Why String Theory Still Offers Hope We Can Unify Physics by evanb on Sunday January 04, 2015 @09:26PM (#8836822)
If you don't have expertise in physics, Weinberg is extremely difficult to read---he uses notations that nobody else does, and its full of technicalities.

A much more approachable first text for QFT is the book by Zee.

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Re:Why String Theory Still Offers Hope We Can Unify Physics by KenoFischer on Sunday January 04, 2015 @05:22AM (#8834006)
Weinberg is pretty good. I also like Schwartz's new book, though I'm biased because I took his QFT class. The other book I really like is Peskin and Schroeder.
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Re:Why String Theory Still Offers Hope We Can Unify Physics by akuma73 on Sunday January 04, 2015 @05:11AM (#8833992)
I'm working my way from the very start of my physics education with classical mechanics. What are the prereqs for QFT?
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Re:Why String Theory Still Offers Hope We Can Unify Physics by KenoFischer on Sunday January 04, 2015 @05:23AM (#8834008)
You should probably have at least a good understanding of non-relativistic QM and special relativity. For the math parts a little bit of complex analysis helps, but any good book will explain the relevant parts.
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Re:Why String Theory Still Offers Hope We Can Unify Physics by jjaredsimpson on Sunday January 04, 2015 @03:28PM (#8835688)
Srednicki's
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