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An introduction to quantum field theory, addisonwesley 1996. He did research in a variety of topics of particle physics, such as the high energy behavior of quantum field theory, symmetry breaking, pion scattering. In this second volume of the quantum theory of fields, available for the first time in paperback, nobel laureate steven weinberg continues his masterly expoistion of quantum theory. Volume ii gives an account of the methods of quantum field theory, and how they have led to an understanding of the weak, strong, and electromagnetic interactions of the elementary particles.