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Understanding the Universe: From Quarks to the Cosmos ******************************************************************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- General Information ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type.................: Ebook Part Size............: 10,091,769 bytes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post Information ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted by............: ~tqw~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Release Notes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- incoln is a physicist and the collaborating author on numerous research papers at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), where he investigates high-energy particles. A veteran of many popular talks on physics, he charmingly relates the tale of humankind's almost insatiable curiosity about the ultimate nature of nature and the quest to determine the basic particles of matter. His style is engaging and obviously directed to informed lay readers, but the more scientifically minded will find it equally appealing. Still, at over 500 pages, it is not light reading. If digested with the notion that this topic is presented in a broad swath, both historically and scientifically, and not meant to be definitive, the work offers readers an appreciation of the investigative procedure, the accumulated body of research, and the people who did the investigating. Recommended for public and academic collections. Table Of Contents Foreword ix Preface xiii Acknowledgements xxiii 1. Early History 1 2. The Path to Knowledge (History of Particle Physics) 22 3. Quarks and Leptons 107 4. Forces: What Holds It All Together 147 5. Hunting for the Higgs 209 6. Accelerators and Detectors: Tools of the Trade 248 7. Near Term Mysteries 315 8. Exotic Physics (The Next Frontier) 383 9. Recreating the Universe 10,000,000 Times a Second 444 10. Epilogue: Why Do We Do It? 487 Appendix A Greek Symbols 492 Appendix B Scientific Jargon 493 Appendix C Particle-Naming Rules 496 Appendix D Essential Relativity and Quantum Mechanics 501 Appendix E Higgs Boson Production 513 Appendix F Neutrino Oscillations 519 Further Reading 525 Glossary 535 Index 557 Product Details * ISBN: 981238703X * ISBN-13: 9789812387035 * Format: Hardcover, 592pp * Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated * Pub. Date: May 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Install Notes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PDF Reader Related Torrents
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