Quantum field theory for the gifted amateur

Abstract

I: THE UNIVERSE AS A SET OF HARMONIC OSCILLATORS II: WRITING DOWN LAGRANGIANS III: THE NEED FOR QUANTUM FIELDS IV: PROPAGATORS AND PERTURBATIONS V: INTERLUDE: WISDOM FROM STATISTICAL PHYSICS VI: PATH INTEGRALS VII: TOPOLOGICAL IDEAS VIII: RENORMALIZATION: TAMING THE INFINITE IX: PUTTING A SPIN ON QFT X: SOME APPLICATIONS FROM THE WORLD OF CONDENSED MATTER XI: SOME APPLICATIONS FROM THE WORLD OF PARTICLE PHYSICS