Conquering my academic demon

Quantum field theory defeated me in my masters. Can I vanquish my demon this time?
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This video is about me trying to learn quantum field theory (QFT) but really it's about what I learned about learning. Over the course of three months I came to terms with a traumatic mental health experience before my PhD, developed my knowledge of physics, and came to a whole new appreciation of being a student. I even had some help direct from a graduate student in quantum field theory at the University of Oxford! This is a very personal video, and in a way one I made for me, but I still hope you enjoy it :)

QFT resources! Here are a variety of lecture notes I used:
Quantum Field Theory for the Gifted Amateur https://indico.cern.ch/event/957763/c...
Oxford QFT notes: https://www-thphys.physics.ox.ac.uk/p...
Cambridge notes (canonical quantisation): https://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/tong...
Note that there are also some

For a fantastic visualisation of QFT (that Thomas also helped out with) check out this phenomenal video from ScienceCLIC:    • Quantum Field Theory visualized  

This video is a sequel of sorts to my Day in the Life of an Oxford Physics Student video, where I filmed my fourth year at Oxford:    • A day in the life of an Oxford physic...   (I filmed this in movember, pls don't judge)

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