Particles, Fields, Quanta: From Quantum Mechanics to the Standard Model of Particle Physics (Paperback, 2019)

1 Introduction.- 2 Physics around 1900.- 3 The path to quantum mechanics.- 4 Why quantum field theory? 5 Quantum electrodynamics: prototype of a quantum field theory.- 6 The crisis of quantum field theory.- 7 From beta decay to electroweak gauge theory.- 8 Quantum chromodynamics: quantum field theory of the strong interaction.- 9 Standard Model of fundamental interactions.- 10 Beyond the Standard Model.- 11 Outlook.- Appendix A Mathematical structures, units and notation.- Appendix B Gauge and Lorentz invariance.- Appendix C Index of scientists.- Glossary.- Index.