FROM ATOMS TO QUARKS: An Introduction to the Strange World of Particle Physics

James S. Trefil

ISBN 10: 0684164841 / ISBN 13: 9780684164847

Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, NY, 1980

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Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Gilt embossed blue linen boards/Fine. DJ/NF w/light rubs. Modern response to the ancient Greek query: " What is matter?" Lucid exposition of modern particle physics, explaining how the discipline reduces physical matter to various states, or combinations, of as a few elemental substances possible. Author of more than 30 books, Professor James S. Trefil (1938 -)skillfully opens the first door for those new to physics. 225 pgs w/diagrams in 24 chapters & appendices, Fine copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: FROM ATOMS TO QUARKS: An Introduction to the Strange World of Particle Physics
• Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 1980
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0684164841
• ISBN 13: 9780684164847
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition, First Printing
• Condition: Collectible - Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Textbook
  • Physics

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Synopsis

Book by Trefil, James S

From the Publisher

James Trefil's popular physics primer chronicles the evolution of atomic theory through the discoveries of such subatomic particles as the quark, the meson, the lepton, and more. An accessible guide for the general reader that reveals the mystery and beauty of physics as few books have before.