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Quantum field theory stanford encyclopedia of philosophy. An introduction to quantum field theory, abp 1995, itzykson, zuber. The following chapters are dedicated to quantum electrodynamics and quantum chromodynamics, followed by the renormalization theory. Similarly that of special relativity is demonstrated by experiments showing constancy of speed of light, time dilation etc.
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