Quantum Field Theory in a Nutshell A. Zee
Publisher: Princeton University Press

Gold Membership Gold Member Science Advisor. Answer by Anonymous 2 years ago ReplyAbuse | Useful. Do you have any more introductory blog posts that an applied mathematician without any knowledge of this area (except a little QFT from Zee's QFT in a Nutshell) could understand? The first chapter is a pretty good conceptual overview, and revisits the double-slit experiment a little bit. If you have access to it the correct argument is given in Zee, Quantum Field Theory in a Nutshell, chapter 1.4. He was the first to develop quantum field theory, which underlies all theoretical work on sub-atomic or "elementary" particles today, work that is fundamental to our understanding of the forces of nature. Chapter 1 of Srednicki's QFT text has a great exposition of exactly what you ask for and this particular chapter is not advanced mathematically for an undergraduate (at least in principle), in my opinion anyways. The source which I like here is the Wightman axioms (as something you might wish for in QFT, but which almost never holds) as presented in the 2nd volume of the book by Reed and Simon on functional analysis; for a little bit more thorough .. Http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=D1044B877283883E. If you're more comfortable with relativity/field theory than with quantum mechanics, then maybe check out Zee's "Quantum Field Theory in a Nutshell". Books > Science & Math > Physics > Quantum Theory; Books > Science & Math. 664 S., ISBN 0521864496, 37,95€ (20*) Modern Quantum Field Theory: A Concise Introduction, von Tom Banks, Cambridge Univ. As far as actually learning QFT, my favorite textbook is Anthony Zee's “Quantum Field Theory in a Nutshell”. "Principles of Quantum Mechanics" is a little better.