. . . . . . "I've just spent a pleasant half hour leafing through Michel Talagrand's \"What is a Quantum Field Theory?\"\n\nhttps://www.amazon.com/What-Quantum-Field-Theory-Mathematicians/dp/1316510271\n\nI suspect this is a book that would repay close study, even for many people who know quantum field theory much better than I ever did (though maybe not true experts?). At quite a few points I found myself thinking \"oh, that's very well put!\", which is usually a sign a textbook is worth engaging with!\n\nI don't plan to study this in depth - I looked at it because of Talagrand winning the Abel Prize today - but it was a lot of fun to look!" . "AbelPrize," . "Mathematics," . "MichelTalagrand," . "Physics," . "QuantumFieldTheory," . "TextbookReview" . . . . "RSA" . "MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAkZqFrE/i7b0Uwvf03Al9ijLd2B2lczvDoTj6Nw3K3odcyzt04ojVGn6MJOgjxZGpneIJpT5X7RqUfUSe3KvUA+MDN4uBIhRWLfAsbKgEDLKr72jyAc+okZIEmfjaxST7L8z8wbj6QuFOWg9u4m0WW2Ja0AisIaRG7QrWlW201kpNTjdRy2COGHy78izwibBNF9Z3y0bm50TN1gWTiArWTXsMRYFQFPZW/eQ0UmMRG1QHk8oJwxhExgDdtO/BiWYkHcChk3wkHlJ76dfAKTlPDNaFtaMchnaFIXdjCHMFhnfKX2jwzUtqVOajvA9IghZBLIjZU1uTHfCtL91OibeUvwIDAQAB" . "K+T0tuVzDuduApnINMZZ/TNFVeo9J2CVzxss/AnuisoKoTaSqDc7kZblTqBvrmHvOg+gY3l680LyjgmUaO3y89F93Iz91v3SG+xkZuE72SFnNb3OhoIduTtQmJwY7jQULn4VwE/txG4mByA9xxiLvW0Yu2tFEWob+NNVWKQ3LgvFKK9OzUOkimxokg8wZPqs8U4MG95ffB0Bbxj5XebS3/rvAgh8tckTFx1bTA5Cq4ff17JlzgOvXDaarCt/T3M3mY9vIAgxdu6g8Po3Np9CFJX2lyuf4Rc4OQPCEvZni375TQPMkySl8d+++Ud6laWAIrht6Pms1UDwht7DfIZLfQ==" . . "2024-03-21T20:21:00.572Z"^^ . . "0x7CE1D6Cc5405982c8C34E5877836CeE86a95979e" . . .