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SUMMARY:Quantum Field Theory (in a Nutshell) - Prof. Anthony Zee\, Univers
 ity of California\, Santa Barbara
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DESCRIPTION:Why would anybody need to study quantum field theory?\n\nThe t
 alk is going to be based loosely and partly on my textbook "Quantum Field 
 Theory in a Nutshell." At present\, I am completing a popular book based\,
  in turn\, loosely and partly on this talk.\n\nWe will discuss deeply fasc
 inating aspects of quantum field theory at the colloquium level. \n\nAbout
  the speaker:\n\nAnthony Zee holds a joint appointment as a permanent memb
 er of the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics and a professor of physi
 cs at the University of California at Santa Barbara. While his main areas 
 of research involve cosmology and the fundamental structure of matter\, he
  is known in the theoretical physics community for his unusual breadth of 
 interests\, from condensed matter physics to biophysics.\nAfter graduating
  from Princeton\, Zee obtained his PhD from Harvard in 1970\, supervised b
 y Sidney Coleman. During 1970–72 and 1977–78\, he was at the Institute
  for Advanced Study. From 1973 to 1978\, he was an Alfred P. Sloan Fellow.
  In his first year as assistant professor at Princeton\, Zee had Ed Witten
  as his teaching assistant.\n\nProfessor Zee has authored or co-authored m
 ore than 200 scientific publications and several books. He has written on 
 particle physics\, condensed matter physics\, anomalies in physics\, rando
 m matrix theory\, superconductivity\, the quantum Hall effect\, and other 
 topics in theoretical and mathematical physics.\n\nA knowledge of quantum 
 field theory is not required to\nunderstand the talk.
LOCATION:https://www.youtube.com/camphysocUK
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