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"I've never read a clearer or more approachable presentation of the Standard Model. This book is a welcome gem for students."--Christopher G. Tully, author of Elementary Particle Physics in a Nutshell
"A very complete book, with a lot of information, nice problems, and reference appendixes."--Mario Campanelli, University College London
"This has the potential to become the standard book for an introductory course on the Standard Model. It builds up all the essential tools from basic knowledge, impressively merging fields, Lagrangians, and symmetries to allow for an appreciation of the structure and beauty of the Standard Model. It also gives students the needed tools to actually perform basic calculations."--Craig Copi, Case Western Reserve University
"Novel and timely. Goldberg presents an accessible, bare-bones approach to quantum field theory and the Standard Model of particle physics. He builds up the Standard Model step-by-step, and provides numerous exercises."--Derek Raine, coauthor of Black Holes: A Student Text
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Dave Goldberg
Summary
A concise and authoritative introduction to one of the central theories of modern physics For a theory as genuinely elegant as the Standard Model--the current framework describing elementary particles and their forces--it can sometimes appear to students to be little more than a complicated collection of particles and ranked list of interactions.
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"This text is another great example of the 'In a Nutshell' series of science books from Princeton University Press. . . . The book offers an abundance of worked out examples and many interesting end-of-chapter problems. This is a text that is obviously designed for the advanced undergraduate or graduate physics student--these groups of individuals will find the work an excellent introduction to the standard model."
