Title: This book got me started on a 2 year study of QFT
Product review: Smolin's presentation of the three theories was so thought provoking for me that I realized that I wanted to learn more. I had majored in Physics 35 years ago so I had QM and SR under my belt but nothing more modern. One thing that I particualry liked about Smolin's presentation of the three theories currently being worked on - superstring theory, quantum loop theory and blackhole thermodynamics - was the balanced way he kept saying how all three undoubtedly would contribute to the ongoing progress rather than trying to say one has to be right to the exclusion of the other two - it's simply too early to tell. I've spent 2 years (with a tutor) studying QFT in order, hopefully, to be able to at least approach the mathematics behind these theories. I've just ordered a "First Course in String Theory" and realized that I had never written a review of Smolen's book to so-to-speak thank him so I now fill that gap.
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