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Often papers and books give some bold(deep physical insight) statements in quantum field theory which are not backed by mathematics, and seldom by citing papers. Being a student I don't grasp the real meaning of those statements, making me think that I don't really understand QFT. I have access to all the standard books in QFT, but is there a book/lecture notes that really aims to explain QFT in a way in which the ideas emerged, it's philosophy with a physical insight at a level of a graduate student ?

I am mighty interested in doing theoretical high energy physics, and crave for a better understanding of QFT. Could somebody help me ....

Jaswin
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E. Zeidler, Quantum Field theory I Basics in Mathematics and Physics, Springer 2006. http://www.mis.mpg.de/zeidler/qft.html

is a book I highly recommend. It is the first volume of a sequence, of which not all volumes have been published yet. This volume gives an overview over the main mathematical techniques used in quantum physics, in a way that you cannot find anywhere else.

It is a mix of rigorous mathematics and intuitive explanation, and tries to build ''A bridge between mathematiciands and physicists'' as the subtitle says.

See https://physics.stackexchange.com/a/22413/7924 for a more recommendation of the book.

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