Anonymous at Sun, 12 May 2024 14:25:38 UTC No. 16172340

>>16171554
>Schwichtenberg
No, the author isn't Jewish, that time. He's German.
>Written by a non-expert
I feel like someone having studied physics and even promoting in it can be argued to be an expert.

Anonymous at Sun, 12 May 2024 14:30:10 UTC No. 16172345

I've read half of it after it has been recommended to me on /sci/. So far it's pretty good. Of course not fully rigorous, but I don't expect this from physicists. A nicely accessible intro on an undergrad level and a motivation to go deeper.

Anonymous at Sun, 12 May 2024 17:30:29 UTC No. 16172552

>>16172345
His style is to write things are true without being pedantic on the math, and giving tons of examples and introductory concepts. Hes aiming to teach people that dont know, not to write a reference book for experts

Anonymous at Sun, 12 May 2024 19:58:57 UTC No. 16172737

>>16172345
>book has a chapter on quantum field theory
>undergrad
lol, sci has completely lost touch with reality

Anonymous at Sun, 12 May 2024 20:14:36 UTC No. 16172769

>>16172737
>noooo, you can't cover basics of QFT in an undergrad class because ... uhm, undergrad classes have to be only about pronouns and black history, okay?
Who of us has "lost touch with reality"?

Anonymous at Sun, 12 May 2024 20:26:42 UTC No. 16172788

>>16172737
Why shouldn't it be taught in undergrad?

Anonymous at Sun, 12 May 2024 20:32:30 UTC No. 16172799

>>16172788
Because it requires graduate level subjects to be fully understood?

Anonymous at Sun, 12 May 2024 21:17:01 UTC No. 16172861

>>16172799
>to be fully understood
Nobody mentioned a "full" understanding. OP's book is only a friendly introduction.

Anonymous at Mon, 13 May 2024 13:44:46 UTC No. 16173900

>>16171554
What would be the best intro book for particle physics for an undergraduate?
(asking as a prof. seeking a book to use. currently leaning on Griffiths but it seems insufficient)

Anonymous at Mon, 13 May 2024 14:27:03 UTC No. 16173942

>>16173900
You could pick from QFT for the gifted amateur.

Anonymous at Mon, 13 May 2024 16:56:28 UTC No. 16174142

>>16173942
That book looks amazing, and seems to be exactly what I'm looking for. How did you find that?

Anonymous at Mon, 13 May 2024 18:11:59 UTC No. 16174241

>>16174142
I'm a dilettante who graduated with retard grades. My amazon recommendations, and bookshelves, are filled with high quality "x for midwit" books.

Anonymous at Mon, 13 May 2024 21:42:24 UTC No. 16174588

>>16174241
Please recommend us other "x for midwit" books

Anonymous at Mon, 13 May 2024 22:04:20 UTC No. 16174615

good content and typesetting

Anonymous at Mon, 13 May 2024 22:13:40 UTC No. 16174621

>>16171554
wtf can you upload pds on /sci/?

Anonymous at Tue, 14 May 2024 11:56:30 UTC No. 16175356

>>16172737
damn dude your undergrad degree doesnt have quantum field theory
what streetpoo country are you failing your undergrad in?

Anonymous at Tue, 14 May 2024 14:12:49 UTC No. 16175509

>>16175356
the USA

Anonymous at Tue, 14 May 2024 15:40:08 UTC No. 16175606

>>16174588
>Please recommend us other "x for midwit" books
Here's some:
Leonard Susskind's "The Theoretical Minimum" series. (Not to be confused with Landau's books.) These are primers on all of physics, from classical to general relativity. They include light calculus and derivations for the reader to follow along.
Daniel Fleisch's "A Student's Guide" series. These have a small but thorough problem set. Video solutions are online. The prose is a little hard to understand because it stresses intuition. Beware guest authors; they're not as good.
Anything by Jakob Schwichtenberg is good. His roadmap to physics is a short enjoyable read and great motivator. It's like a very humble version of Richard Hamming's "You and Your Research".

Anonymous at Tue, 14 May 2024 16:54:47 UTC No. 16175696

>>16175356
>damn dude your undergrad degree doesnt have quantum field theory
its an elective pretty much everywhere, in undergrad

Anonymous at Tue, 14 May 2024 21:05:45 UTC No. 16176096

>>16175606

Thanks