Quantum Field Theory: Perspective and Prospective

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Contents: R. Balian, Correlation functions through variationalmethods (1 16); T. Banks, Reader's guide to string duality andmatrix theory (19 34); R. Bott [Raoul H. Bott], An introductionto equivariant cohomology (35 56); A. Connes and D. Kreimer, Hopfalgebras, renormalization and noncommutative geometry (59 108);B. DeWitt, The Peierls bracket (111 135); B. Dewitt and C. MolinaParis, Gauge theory without ghosts (137); B. Dewitt and C. MolinaParis, Quantum gravity without ghosts (138); L. Dolan, Quantizedbranes and symmetries of string theory (139 159); L. Faddeev,Instructive history of the quantum inverse scattering method (161176); J. Frohlich [Jurg Frohlich], The electron is inexhaustible(179 214); B. Nienhuis, Exact solution of random tiling models(217 243); R. Jackiw and So Young Pi, Dimensionally reduced ChernSimons terms and their solitons (245 255); K. S. Stelle, BPSbranes in supergravity (257 350); R. Stora, Selected topics inperturbative field theory: renormalization, differential algebras(353 367); A. Zee, Lectures on random matrices and Hall's fluids(369 373); J. Zinn Justin, Renormalization and renormalizationgroup: from the discovery of UV divergences to the concept ofeffective field theories (375 387).\par {Most of the papers arebeing reviewed individually.}