
The Mystery at the Heart of Physics That Only Math Can Solve
The Quanta Podcast
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The Limits of Quantum Field Theory
Perturbative quantum field theory is a useful guide for experiments. But it's not the right way to try and describe the universe, says Davide Gallotto. Another approximation scheme tries to sneak up on a full-fledged quantum field theory by other means. Robert Dyke-Graph: QFT emerged as an almost universal language of physical phenomena but it's in bad math shape.
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