John Donoghue Books

Discover the Celtic Circle of Belonging John O'Donohue, poet, philosopher, and scholar, guides you through the spiritual landscape of the Irish imagination. In Anam Cara, Gaelic for soul friend, the ancient teachings, stories, and blessings of Celtic wisdom provide such profound insights on the universal themes of friendship, solitude, love, and death as: Light is generous The human heart is never completely born Love as ancient recognitionThe body is the angel of the soul Solitude is luminous Beauty likes neglected places The passionate heart never ages To benatural is to be holy Silence is the sister of the divine Death as an invitation to freedom

This concise, beginner-friendly introduction to quantum field theory serves as a bridge from quantum mechanics, essential for many modern applications. It presents key concepts in an accessible manner while maintaining mathematical rigor, making it suitable for newcomers who may struggle with the transition from quantum mechanics. The text emphasizes analogies and differences between quantum mechanics and quantum field theory, fostering a "quantum field theoretical mindset." It derives quantum fields as the continuum limit of a quantized system of many particles and highlights the correspondence between wave functions, fundamental in quantum mechanics, and the formalism of second quantization in quantum field theory. The book provides a step-by-step derivation of Feynman rules for perturbative studies of interacting theories and introduces students to essential topics such as renormalization and path integral techniques. Additionally, it covers modern subjects like effective field theories, making it ideal for both undergraduate and graduate students. Proven effective in the classroom, this textbook distills the most general properties of quantum field theory without overwhelming beginning students with advanced applications.

A deeply intelligent and page-turning novel that explores the difficulties of guilt and forgiveness in an impossible friendship between a Nazi and a Jew

SS Obersturmfhrer Paul Meissner przybywa do obozu w Auschwitz wprost z frontu wschodniego. Ciężko ranny podczas walk, obecnie może pełnić jedynie funkcje administracyjne. Pierwszym i najpilniejszym zadaniem jest wzmocnienie podupadającego morale odbywających służbę w obozie oficerów i żołnierzy. Meissner zakłada klub szachowy. Pomysł szybko chwyta, stwarzając esesmanom możliwość obstawiania wyników meczów i zawierania nielegalnych zakładów. Tymczasem do uszu Obersturmfhrera trafia informacja, że wśród więźniów są także szachiści, z których jeden, francuski Żyd Emil Clment, z zawodu zegarmistrz, cieszy się opinią niepokonanego