Particle Physics: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

Close, Prof Frank

ISBN 10: 019287375X / ISBN 13: 9780192873750

Published by Oxford University Press, 2024

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Particle Physics: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 019287375X
• ISBN 13: 9780192873750
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Following the discovery of the Higgs boson, Frank Close has produced this major revision to his classic and compelling introduction to the fundamental particles that make up the universe.

About the Author

Frank Close, Professor Emeritus of Physics, Oxford University

Frank Close OBE FRS is Professor Emeritus of Physics at Oxford University and a Fellow Emeritus of Exeter College. He was formerly the Head of the Theoretical Physics Division at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, and Head of Communications and Public Education at CERN. He is the author of several books, including the best-selling Lucifer's Legacy (OUP, 2000), and was the winner of the Kelvin Medal of the Institute of Physics for his 'outstanding contributions to the public understanding of physics'. His other books include The Cosmic Onion (1983), The Particle Explosion (1987), End (1988), Too Hot to Handle (1991), and The Infinity Puzzle (OUP, 2012). In 2013 Professor Close was awarded the Royal Society Michael Faraday Prize for communicating science.