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Four forces are dominant in physics: gravity, electromagnetism and the weak and strong nuclear forces. Quantum electrodynamics - the highly successful theory of the electromagnetic interaction - is a gauge field theory. In this short book Dr Aitchison gives an introduction to these theories, a knowledge of which is essential in understanding modern particle physics.Ian J. R. Aitchison is the author of 'An Informal Introduction to Gauge Field Theories', published 1982 under ISBN 9780521245401 and ISBN 0521245400.
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