Quantum Field Theory by Sidney Coleman

Sidney Coleman was a legend in physics, and his death in 2007 was sad for many of us. Coleman’s late-life similarity in appearance to Einstein and the proximity of his office to Einstein’s bust at Harvard freaked out my friends and I multiple times during my undergraduate years.

During my graduate years, I borrowed his quantum field theory (QFT) notes from my supervisor at Santa Cruz and learned that Coleman was not only a hell of a researcher, but also a strong teacher of a difficult topic.

Thanks to modern technology, Coleman’s image and teachings live on not just through stationary photographs and books, but also through black and white video from 1975.

Thanks to Harvard Physics for making these videos publicly available. I encourage everyone to have a look and watch the master at work: Harvard Physics: Quantum Field Theory by Sidney Coleman.