The discovery of subatomic particles. [A World of Particles; The Discovery of the Electron; The Atomic Scale; The Nucleus; More Particles ; Appendices; Work and Kinetic Energy; G Millikans OilDrop Experiment ; Potential Energy in the Atom ; K Momentum Conservation and Particle Collisions]

Weinberg, Steven, 1933- [Howard Boyer, Andrew Kudlacik, Neil Patterson, Gerard Piel, Aidan Kelly, Paul Bamberg, Bernard Cohen, Peter Galison, Gerald Holton, Arthur Miller, Brian Pippard; photos, Harold Edgerton, ]

ISBN 10: 0716714884 / ISBN 13: 9780716714880

Published by New York : Scientific American Library, 1983, 1983

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xiii, 206 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. ; ISBN: 0716714884; 9780716714880 ; LCCN: 82-23157 ; OCLC: 9084573 ; LC: QC793.2; Dewey: 539.7/21 ; blue cloth ; no dustjacket ; ex-lib, stamps, label, date due, pocket ; ". provides an historical account of key events in the physics of the twentieth century that led to the discoveries of the electron, proton and neutron.introduces the fundamentals of classical physics that played crucial roles in these discoveries. Connections are shown throughout the book between the historic discoveries of subatomic particles and contemporary research at the frontiers of physics, including the most current discoveries of new elementary particles. Steven Weinberg was Higgins Professor of Physics at Harvard before moving to The University of Texas at Austin, where he founded its Theory Group. At Texas he holds the Josey Regental Chair of Science and is a member of the Physics and Astronomy Departments. His research has spanned a broad range of topics in quantum field theory, elementary particle physics, and cosmology, and has been honored with numerous awards, including the Nobel Prize in Physics, the National Medal of Science, the Heinemann Prize in Mathematical Physics, the Cresson Medal of the Franklin Institute, the Madison Medal of Princeton University, and the Oppenheimer Prize. " ; Contents: A World of Particles -- The Discovery of the Electron -- The Atomic Scale -- The Nucleus -- More Particles -- Appendices -- Work and Kinetic Energy -- G Millikans OilDrop Experiment -- Potential Energy in the Atom -- K Momentum Conservation and Particle Collisions -- Sources of Illustrations ; FINE.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The discovery of subatomic particles. [A World of Particles; The Discovery of the Electron; The Atomic Scale; The Nucleus; More Particles ; Appendices; Work and Kinetic Energy; G Millikans OilDrop Experiment ; Potential Energy in the Atom ; K Momentum Conservation and Particle Collisions]
• Publisher: New York : Scientific American Library, 1983
• Publication Date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0716714884
• ISBN 13: 9780716714880
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fine
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Catalog 78 - Sciences

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Synopsis

This commentary on the discovery of the atom's constituents provides an historical account of key events in the physics of the twentieth century that led to the discoveries of the electron, proton and neutron. Steven Weinberg introduces the fundamentals of classical physics that played crucial roles in these discoveries. Connections are shown throughout the book between the historic discoveries of subatomic particles and contemporary research at the frontiers of physics, including the most current discoveries of new elementary particles. Steven Weinberg was Higgins Professor of Physics at Harvard before moving to The University of Texas at Austin, where he founded its Theory Group. At Texas he holds the Josey Regental Chair of Science and is a member of the Physics and Astronomy Departments. His research has spanned a broad range of topics in quantum field theory, elementary particle physics, and cosmology, and has been honored with numerous awards, including the Nobel Prize in Physics

Book Description

An absorbing commentary on the discovery of the atom's constituents, this book provides a fascinating account of a sequence of key events in the physics of the twentieth century, leading to the discoveries of the electron, proton and neutron. It also provides an introduction to those fundamentals of classical physics that played crucial roles in these discoveries. Throughout the book, connections are shown between the historic discoveries of subatomic particles and work today at the frontiers of physics, describing the discoveries of new elementary particles up to the present day.