Loop Spaces, Characteristic Classes, and Geometric Quantization
last updated: 2023-12-28 18:40:57.464302
J. L. Brylinski An attempt at formulating an equivalent Chern-Weil theory for gerbe bundles
Absolom, Absolom!
last updated: 2022-01-16 01:14:22.140156
String Theory: Vol I
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Bordism: Old and New
last updated: 2024-03-21 15:19:34.302714
D. Freed Application of bordism categories to topological quantum field theory
Doctor Zhivago
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This is How You Lose the Time War
Heart of Darkness
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To Kill a Mockingbird
Lectures on Supersymmetry
D. Tong - Lectures on Gauge Theory
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Lectures on advanced topics in quantum field theory by David Tong, including Yang-Mills theory, anomalies, and topological features of QFTs. http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/tong/gaugetheory.html
Applied Conformal Field Theory
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Ginsparg's lectures on CFT https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9108028
Curvature and Characteristic Classes
finished: 2023-08-01 20:27:11.575791
Great little book by J. Dupont for learning Chern-Weil theory
Algebraic Topology
Geometry, Topology, and Physics
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M. Nakahara Applications of topological and geometric structures to topics in quantum field theory and string theory
Quantum Information is Physical
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John McGreevy's notes on quantum information theory https://mcgreevy.physics.ucsd.edu/f19/2019-239-lectures.pdf
Men of Mathematics
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History of the great mathematicians by E.T. Bell, mostly from the 16th through the 19th century.
Introduction to Effective Field Theories
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https://arxiv.org/abs/1804.05863 I love Aneesh <3
Interview with Richard Feynman
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Five-part oral interview with Richard Feynman in 1966, on his life and career https://www.aip.org/history-programs/niels-bohr-library/oral-histories/5020-1 Much more extensive and insightful (and also more technical) than his autobiographies
The Quantum Theory of Fields
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Weinberg's first volume on quantum field theory, covering the foundations. Not a good source for a first introduction, but if you really want to understand the field as it exists today, I have heard that there is no better resource.
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
finished: 2022-06-22 06:47:46.082413
This is such a beautiful and original book. I've never read anything like it. Every chapter will break your heart.
D. Tong - Lectures on Particle Physics
finished: 2022-06-16 17:34:07.868439
A qualitative introduction to the standard model of particle physics, written to be accessible to a general science audience. Highly recommend for anybody curious about what the universe is made of, and the path we've taken to get to our current theory. http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/tong/particle.html
Love in the Time of Cholera
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A flowery book that really sends home the idea of how much power can lie in our images of each other
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
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A very original, depressing, but beautiful book on the shortcomings and nuances of human relationships and connection.
The First Three Minutes
finished: 2022-03-19 06:07:39.670253
Classic popular science book on the origins of the universe by the late (and great) Steven Weinberg
Slaughterhouse Five