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Ta-Pei Cheng
Department of Physics & Astronomy
Univ. of Missouri - St. Louis
My field is theoretical particle physics (see my curriculum vitae). For an introduction of the subject, see my co-authored books:
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  • "Gauge Theory of Elementary Particle Physics"   (Oxford University Press, 1984;  paperback  1988;  Russian  translation  1989; Chinese issue 2008)
  • "Gauge Theory of Elementary Particle Physics: Problems and Solutions(Oxford, 2000)

I also wrote a GR book: Relativity Gravitation & Cosmology: a Basic Introduction (Oxford Masters Series in Physics). It is an introduction to Einstein’s general theory of relativity for readers with an undergraduate math background, and includes discussion of recent development in cosmology, issues like dark matter, dark energy, and the accelerating universe, etc. In the second edition (published in 2010), most chapters have been revised; I have also added one new chapter on special relativity (to make it clearer the meaning of a geometric formulation of SR) and one on black holes (the full power and glory of GR), as well as updated on most recent GR tests and latest cosmological data. Here is a PDF file of my most recent talk on Dark Matter and Dark Eenergy.