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040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aQC174.45.A1 _bC646 1999
082	0	0	_a530.14/3 _221
245	0	0	_aConceptual foundations of quantum field theory / _ceditor, Tian Yu Cao.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c1999.
300			_a1 online resource (xix, 399 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520			_aQuantum 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.
650		0	_aQuantum field theory _vCongresses.
700	1		_aCao, Tian Yu, _d1941- _eeditor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521631525
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511470813
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