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'''Anthony Zee''' (born 7 June 1945) is | '''Anthony Zee''' (born 7 June 1945) is a Chinese-American theoretical physicist and writer.<ref name="wiki">{{Cite web |title=Anthony Zee |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Zee |website=Wikipedia |access-date=2026-05-24}}</ref> | ||
Zee | == Career and work == | ||
Zee is a professor at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics and the physics department of the University of California, Santa Barbara.<ref name="wiki" /><ref name="kitp">{{Cite web |title=Anthony Zee |url=https://www.kitp.ucsb.edu/zee |website=Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics |access-date=2026-05-24}}</ref> | |||
His work and writing range across quantum field theory, statistical physics, gravity, and popular presentations of modern physics. He is widely known to students for the lively textbook ''Quantum Field Theory in a Nutshell''.<ref name="wiki" /><ref name="nutshell">{{Cite web |title=Quantum Field Theory in a Nutshell |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_Field_Theory_in_a_Nutshell |website=Wikipedia |access-date=2026-05-24}}</ref> | |||
The QFT further-reading list uses Zee because his books emphasize physical intuition as well as formal development, making them a common bridge from standard graduate courses to broader field-theory ideas.<ref name="nutshell" /><ref name="kitp" /> | |||
== Selected works == | == Selected works == | ||
* ''Quantum Field Theory in a Nutshell'' (2nd ed. | * ''Quantum Field Theory in a Nutshell'' (2003; 2nd ed. 2010). | ||
* ''Einstein Gravity in a Nutshell'' (2013). | |||
* ''Group Theory in a Nutshell for Physicists'' (2016). | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Zee Anthony Zee] | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Zee Anthony Zee] | ||
* [https://www.kitp.ucsb.edu/zee Anthony Zee] | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_Field_Theory_in_a_Nutshell Quantum Field Theory in a Nutshell] | |||
{{Author|Harold Foppele}} | {{Author|Harold Foppele}} | ||
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Anthony Zee (born 7 June 1945) is a Chinese-American theoretical physicist and writer.[1]
Career and work
Zee is a professor at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics and the physics department of the University of California, Santa Barbara.[1][2]
His work and writing range across quantum field theory, statistical physics, gravity, and popular presentations of modern physics. He is widely known to students for the lively textbook Quantum Field Theory in a Nutshell.[1][3]
The QFT further-reading list uses Zee because his books emphasize physical intuition as well as formal development, making them a common bridge from standard graduate courses to broader field-theory ideas.[3][2]
Selected works
- Quantum Field Theory in a Nutshell (2003; 2nd ed. 2010).
- Einstein Gravity in a Nutshell (2013).
- Group Theory in a Nutshell for Physicists (2016).
References
External links
Author: Harold Foppele