Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: Introduction : renormalization, 1930-1950 / Laurie M. Brown --Renormalization in historical perspective : the first stage / Max Dresden -- Tutorial on infinities in QED / Robert Mills -- New philosophy of renormalization : from the renormalization group equations to effective field theories / Tian Yu Cao -- Changing conceptualization of renormalization theory / Silvan S. Schweber --Appendix : Historical remarks on the renormalization group / Dmitri V. Shirkov. |