Pais, Abraham ; Inward Bound - Of Matter & Forces in the Physical World, Oxford University Press (1986) [ISBN 0-19-851997-4] Written by a former Einstein assistant at Princeton, this is a beautiful detailed history of modern fundamental physics, from 1895 (discovery of X-rays) to 1983 (discovery of vectors bosons at C.E.R.N.).
Richard Feynman; Lecture Notes in Physics. Princeton University Press: Princeton, (1986).
Richard Feynman; QED. Princeton University Press: Princeton, (1982).
Weinberg, Steven ; The Quantum Theory of Fields - Foundations (vol. I), Cambridge University Press (1995) [ISBN 0-521-55001-7] The first chapter (pp. 1-40) of Weinberg's monumental treatise gives a brief history of Q.F.T., pp.608.
Weinberg, Steven; The Quantum Theory of Fields - Modern Applications (vol. II), Cambridge University Press:Cambridge, U.K. (1996) [ISBN 0-521-55001-7], pp.489.
Weinberg, Steven; The Quantum Theory of Fields - Supersymmetry (vol. III), Cambridge University Press:Cambridge, U.K. (2000) [ISBN 0-521-55002-5], pp.419.
Schweber, Silvian S. ; Q.E.D. and the men who made it: Dyson, Feynman, Schwinger, and Tomonaga, Princeton University Press (1994) [ISBN 0-691-03327-7]
Yndurain, Francisco Jose ; Quantum Chromodynamics: An Introduction to the Theory of Quarks and Gluons, Springer Verlag, New York, 1983. [ISBN 0-387-11752-0]
Miller, Arthur I. ; Early Quantum Electrodynamics : A Sourcebook, Cambridge University Press (1995) [ISBN 0-521-56891-9]
Schwinger, Julian ; Selected Papers on Quantum Electrodynamics, Dover Publications, Inc. (1958) [ISBN 0-486-60444-6]
O'Raifeartaigh, Lochlainn ; The Dawning of Gauge Theory, Princeton University Press (May 5, 1997) [ISBN 0-691-02977-6]
Cao, Tian Yu ; Conceptual Developments of 20th Century Field Theories, Cambridge University Press (1997) [ISBN 0-521-63420-2]
Darrigol, Olivier ; La genèse du concept de champ quantique, Annales de Physique (France) 9 (1984) pp. 433-501. Text in French, adapted from the author's Ph.D. thesis.
