Everything Is Fields
By David TongAbout the Book
In EVERYTHING IS FIELDS, leading theoretical physicist and Cambridge professor David Tong reveals a startling truth: that, at the most basic level, we are made not of particles or forces, but fields, fluid-like substances stretched throughout the universe. Tong takes us on an exuberant tour of quantum field theory, the underlying mathematical framework of our deepest description of the fundamental laws of physics. With his infectious sense of wonder, wit, and a keen appreciation of the absurdities and serendipities of his field, Tong buoys our journey through the most difficult topic in theoretical physics with lively stories of the scientists who made key discoveries along the way. He revels in all that we’ve learned about our world and illuminates the questions we’re still trying to answer about this breaktaking vision of physics, one that describes everything from the smallest subatomic particle to the dynamics of the entire universe.
About the Author
David Tong is a professor of theoretical physics at the University of Cambridge, whose research focuses primarily on quantum field theory and its applications to diverse areas, including particle physics, gravity, string theory, cosmology, condensed matter physics, and geometry. He holds a Simons Investigator appointment and has received, among others, the Adams Prize and the Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award. The author of the recently published Lectures on Theoretical Physics series from Cambridge University Press, Tong is a prolific science communicator who regularly appears on popular podcasts and gives public talks to elucidate the complexities of physics. He lives in Cambridge, UK.