I am self-studying the book "Quantum Field Theory and the Standard Model" by Schwartz, cause I want to get some theoretical knowledge about the Standard Model and the fundamental interactions.
However, studying all the book chapters seems to be too much hard and long trip considering the few free time I have. Currently I have reached chapter 13.
Could you suggest which chapter or part I can safely skip?.
I am also open to consider other books.
Just to give a brief summary of my background, I earned a degree in physics, quantum optic, many years ago, and I have had a recent refresh on QM, special and general relativity, and group theory by reading Sakurai, Zee and Tung books.
The associated post is asking about advanced topics in QFT and the Standard Model. The suggested book in the answer assumes familiarity with QFT and emphasize applications, not fundamentals. I am interested in the theoretical fundamentals of QFT and the Standard Model.
