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Title: Readable but not very deep
Review: This is an easy to read but uneven book. Some discussions are pretty clearly exposed, mainly the technical ones. But it's not a balanced view of quantum field theory. E.g.,the author deservedly bashes some philosophers of physics but then puts everybody in the same basket. He keeps hamming in the quest for unification which is a research program with deep philosophical roots. The argument for a "final theory" is not convincing; in fact one wonders if it makes any sense at all. In fact it is not discussed in a critical way. Also, there's no comments about the work of the mathematical physicists concerning the axiomatic or constructive point of view of the theory, which, it seems, is not very encouraging. But, for those who feel that canceling infinities is all right, as long that it works, no problemo...
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