{"product_id":"conceptual-foundations-of-quantum-field-theory-paperback-9780521602723","title":"Conceptual Foundations of Quantum Field Theory (Paperback) 9780521602723","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eConceptual Foundations of Quantum Field Theory\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMulti-author volume on the history and philosophy of physics.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eTian Yu Cao (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521602723, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 25 March 2004\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e420 pages, 26 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e24.7 x 18.9 x 2.3 cm, 0.78 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eQuantum field theory is a powerful language for the description of the subatomic constituents of the physical world and the laws and principles that govern them. This book contains up-to-date in-depth analyses, by a group of eminent physicists and philosophers of science, of our present understanding of its conceptual foundations, of the reasons why this understanding has to be revised so that the theory can go further, and of possible directions in which revisions may be promising and productive. These analyses will be of interest to graduate students and research workers in physics who want to know about the foundational problems of their subject. The book will also be of interest to professional philosophers, historians and sociologists of science, because it contains much material for metaphysical and methodological reflections, for historical and cultural analyses, and for sociological analyses of the way in which various factors contribute to the way the foundations are revised.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: Conceptual issues in quantum field theory\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Philosophers' Interests in Quantum Field Theory: 1. Why are we philosophers interested in quantum field theory\u003cbr\u003e 2. Quantum field theory and the philosopher\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Three Approaches to the Foundations of Quantum Field Theory: 3. The usefulness of a general theory of quantized fields\u003cbr\u003e 4. Effective field theory in condensed matter physics\u003cbr\u003e 5. The triumph and limitations of quantum field theory\u003cbr\u003e 6. Comments\u003cbr\u003e Discussions\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Does Quantum Field Theory Need a Foundation: 7. Does quantum field theory need a foundation?\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Mathematics, Statistical Mechanics and Quantum Field Theory: 8. Renormalization group theory: its basis and formulation in statistical physics\u003cbr\u003e 9. Where does quantum field theory fit into the big picture?\u003cbr\u003e 10. The unreasonable effectiveness of quantum field theory\u003cbr\u003e 11. Comment: the quantum field theory of physics and of mathematics\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Quantum Field Theory and Spacetime: Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 12. Quantum field theory and spacetime: formalism and reality\u003cbr\u003e 13. Quantum field theory of geometry\u003cbr\u003e 14. 'Localization' in quantum field theory: how much of QFT is compatible with what we know about spacetime\u003cbr\u003e 15. Comments\u003cbr\u003e  VI. 16. What is quantum field theory and what did we think it was?\u003cbr\u003e 17. Comments\u003cbr\u003e Discussions\u003cbr\u003e Part VII.Renormalization Group: 18. What is fundamental physics? A renormalization group perspective\u003cbr\u003e 19. Renormalization group: an interesting yet puzzling idea\u003cbr\u003e Part VIII. Non-Abelian Gauge Theory: 20. Gauge fields, gravity and Bohm's theory\u003cbr\u003e 21. Is the Aharonov-Bohm effect local?\u003cbr\u003e Discussions\u003cbr\u003e Part IX. The Ontology of Particles or Fields: 22. The ineliminable classical face of quantum field theory\u003cbr\u003e 23. The logic of quanta\u003cbr\u003e 24. Do Feynman diagrams endorse a particle ontology?\u003cbr\u003e 25. On the ontology of QFT\u003cbr\u003e Part X. 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