In the last few days, I have successfully making
a start on Quantum Field Theory through A. Zee's
"Quantum Field Theory in a Nutshell".

Those of you who have followed my odyssey from
Penrose's RTR the last six months will know that
this is a big deal for me.

I bought the Zee book as soon as it became clear
that I would eventually be able to read Quantum
Mechanics but really was not prepared to derive
much from it until recently.

BTW, I am still only 300+ pages (half way) through
the Morrison "Introduction to Quantum Physics" but
that is more of a good thing than a disappointment
since I continue to read many books and subjects in
parallel.

My progress in General Relativity (in general) and
Thorne's Black Holes and Gravitation Waves material
is steady.

The practicality of Lie Groups is beginning to be
something that I not only understand but can now
articulate clearly in several important areas of
QFT and Gauge Theories.

I believe that Differential Calculus and Fiber
Bundles are starting to make practical sense, but
I continue to be suspicious that most source are
making something very difficult that could be
reasonably easy (no worse than calculus for example.)

Please post your successes and difficulties as we
can all learn from each other and encourage each
other to continue learning.

Else, what good is such a list as this?

--
Herb