#   Reviews 

 



**Physics Today** ***(Wolfgang Hollik, MPI Munich):***

*"Quantum Field Theory and the Standard Model may be considered a **successor to Michael Peskin and Daniel Schroeder**’s An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory (Westview Press, 1995), which for almost 20 years has been a standard reference."*  
  
Full review (Dec 2014) can be found [here](http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/magazine/physicstoday/article/67/12/10.1063/PT.3.2624?showFTTab=true&containerItemId=content/aip/magazine/physicstoday/issues).

**Mark Wise,** ***California Institute of Technology*** says:

This is an **excellent** graduate-level relativistic quantum field theory text, covering an **impressive amount of material** often with a very novel presentation. It would be **ideal** either **for courses on relativistic quantum field theory** or for courses on the Standard Model of elementary particle interactions. The book provides interesting insights and covers many modern topics not usually presented in current texts such as spinor-helicity methods and on-shell recursion relations, heavy quark effective theory and soft-collinear effective field theory. It is nice to see the modern point of view on the predictive power of non-renormalizable theories discussed.  
  
**Once in a generation** particle physicists elevate a quantum field theory text to the **rank of classic**. Two such classics are the texts by Bjorken and Drell and Peskin and Schroeder; it wouldn't surprise me if this **new book by Schwartz joins this illustrious group**.

**Nima Arkani-Hamed,** ***Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton*** says:

A **wonderful tour** of quantum field theory from the modern perspective, filled with insights on both the conceptual underpinnings and the concrete, elegant calculational tools of the subject.

**Michael E. Peskin,** ***SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory*** says:

Matthew Schwartz has produced a **new and valuable introduction to quantum field theory**. **He has rethought the whole presentation of the subject**, from the introductory and foundational concepts to new developments such as effective field theory descriptions of quark dynamics. Students will enjoy viewing quantum field theory from his perspective.

**Howard Georgi,** ***Harvard University*** says:

Schwartz's book grew out of a popular year long course in quantum field theory at Harvard. Designed primarily for graduate students, this course also attracts and inspires a number of undergraduates each year. The book is **unique in its combination of breadth, depth and readability**. Schwartz starts at the beginning of the subject and brings us right up to the present. That the book is neither superficial nor impossibly dense is **rather remarkable** and makes it easy to understand the course's success.

**Edward Witten,** ***Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton*** says:

In this book, Matthew Schwartz gives a **thoughtful and modern treatment** of many classical and contemporary topics. Students and experienced researchers will find much here of value.

A review by Thomas Peters, University of Zurich in *Contemporary Physics* can be found [here](http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00107514.2014.970232).