The essential primer for physics students who want to build their physical intuition Presented in A. Zee's incomparably engaging style, this book introduces physics students to the practice of using physical reasoning and judicious guesses ...

An introduction to Einstein's general theory of relativity, this work is structured so that interesting applications, such as gravitational lensing, black holes and cosmology, can be presented without the readers having to first learn the ...

He also includes a concise review of the linear algebra needed for group theory, making the book ideal for self-study.

This book is a brilliant gamol through the history of science and a fascinating glimpse of the physics of the future based around Einstein's revolutionary theory of gravity.

Six of the seven chapters of Act V can be read completely independently from the rest of the book.

This fully updated edition features an entirely new chapter on flux compactifications in string theory, and the chapter on AdS/CFT has been substantially expanded by adding many applications to diverse topics.

An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory is a textbook intended for the graduate physics course covering relativistic quantum mechanics, quantum electrodynamics, and Feynman diagrams.

This text provides a quantitative introduction to general relativity for advanced undergraduate and graduate students.

"A. Zee invites us to a veritable Chinese banquet full of charming explorations of food, language, and culture.

The work is profusely illustrated with diagrams aiding in the understandingof proofs and explanations.