Michael Edward Peskin (born October 27, 1951,

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) is an American

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. He was an

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and obtained his

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in 1978 at

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studying under Kenneth Wilson. He was a Junior Fellow at the

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from 1977–1980. He is currently a professor in the theory group at the

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. Peskin was elected to the

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in 2000. Peskin is known for a widely used textbook on

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, written with Daniel V. Schroeder and published in 1995, and the

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. He has authored many popular review articles. He is a noted advocate of building a future linear collider.

Bibliography

* Michael E. Peskin and Daniel V. Schroeder
''An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory''
Addison-Wesley, Reading, 1995.

References

Official website
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