Physics from Symmetry (Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics)

This is what you need to understand the language of Physics. It's awesome!

I've got a Master degree in nuclear physics but still i've got a lot of question unsolved about QFT and his applications. This book has made me an incredible boost to improve mi knolewge of the matter and mainly a big perception about the group theory importance in the modern physics development and his deep consequences. From first principles this book offers the perspective that there's not other way so simple to modelate de reality with so big consequences. A must.

Big size, super quality paper, print and binding. Liked the setup better than the no-nonsense books by the same author. Moreover, I learned so much from this book. Typically one of those books you wanted to have read 30 years ago.

É um bom livro para estudantes de graduação.

I admired the premise of this book in terms of using symmetry as a starting point to see how the various pillars of physics like quantum mechanics, classical mechanics and electromagnetism are manifested and the connections between the subjects. In short, it is a masterpiece and actually demonstrates the line of thinking that most of my graduate physics professors only hinted at or suggested might be there (and I don't blame them, it's a deep and difficult topic that few have ventured into let alone mastered). Jakob walks a very fine line in trying to keep the math as simple as possible but also sufficiently powerful to connect and explain the ideas. The math is deep, there is no avoiding it at this level of exploration, but it's also very clearly annotated and described with the same clarity that other textbooks use to describe a simple pendulum. Keep in mind, this is not meant to be a quantum mechanics textbook or a reference for all of electromagnetism. The emphasis is on the origins of those areas, and the author does an amazing job. Bravo!

One of the first textbooks where i truly wished it would just go on and on. Definitely helped my understanding, but it is only an introductory book that often scratches on the surface. Either way a good starting point and almost no prior-knowledge required. Afterwards or as alternatives i can recommend (imo) - Symmetry and the Standard model by Matthew Robinson (sligthly more demanding) - Quantom theory, groups and representations by Peter Woit (a lot more demanding)