《物质、空间和时间的理论.量子理论（英文）》主要揭示了古典力学、狭义相对论、电磁学和量子理论等这一系列学科及其相互依赖的更为复杂的知识和理论，目标是通过简明的分析，引导学生深入研究理论物理的一些棘手的领域，同时揭示每个学科的关键性理论。
　　《物质、空间和时间的理论.量子理论（英文）》着眼于量子力学领域，首先快速回顾量子力学的基础，然后将薛定谔方程与引入费曼路径积分法的小作用原理联系起来。接下来，给出了克莱因、戈登和狄拉克的相对论波方程。最后，将麦克斯韦电磁学方程转化为光子的波动方程，并在第1个量子化能级引入量子电动力学（QED）。

　　This book and its prequel （Theories of Matter Space and Time： Classical theories） grew out of courses that we have both taught as part of the third and fourth year of the undergraduate degree program in Physics at Southampton University， UK. Our goal was to guide the full MPhys undergraduate cohort through some of the trickier areas of theoretical physics that we expect our undergraduates to master. In particular the aim is to move beyond the initial courses in classical mechanics， special relativity， electromagnetism and quantum theory to more sophisticated views of these subjects and their interdependence. Our approach is to keep the analysis as concise and physical as possible whilst revealing the key elegance in each subject we discuss.
　　In the first book we introduced several key areas of study. Firstly the principle of least action， an alternative treatment of Newtonian dynamics， that provides new
　　understanding of conservation laws. Secondly special relativity including four-vector notation. Thirdly we discussed the integral and differential forms of Maxwell's equations before massaging them to four-vector form so that the Lorentz boost properties of electric and magnetic fields were transparent.

　　尼克·埃文斯（Nick Evans），英国人，南安普顿大学对撞机现象学博士学位，现在是南安普顿大学的教授和物理科学与工程研究生院的主任。
　　
　　史蒂夫·金（Steve King），英国人，牛津大学扰动理论博士学位，现在是南安普顿大学物理学和天文学的教授。