Particle Physics: A Los Alamos Primer

Cooper, Necia Grant; West, Geoffrey B. [eds]

ISBN 10: 0521345421 / ISBN 13: 9780521345422

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1988

About this Item

Minor shelf wear to black cloth hardcover. Otherwise a tight, unmarked book. illustrated with b/w diagrams. Index. xi, 199 pp.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Particle Physics: A Los Alamos Primer
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521345421
• ISBN 13: 9780521345422
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Physics

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Synopsis

This lively well-illustrated collection of articles written by a group of particle physicists at Los Alamos National Laboratory presents to the expert and non-expert alike a comprehensive overview of the major theoretical and experimental advances of the past twenty years. It explains the emergence of a profoundly new understanding of the fundamental forces of Nature. With the unification of the weak and electromagnetic interaction, physicists now stand at the brink of a complete unification of all the forces, including gravity. This achievement brought with it a rich vocabulary of names and concepts: quarks, gluons and nonabelian gauge theories. The exposition of these ideas, done on a variety of technical levels is designed to interest a broad audience ranging from the professional theorist and experimentalist to the inquisitive student. Anyone with an interest in particle physics can enjoy this book.

Book Description

This lively well-illustrated collection of articles written by a group of particle physicists at Los Alamos National Laboratory presents to the expert and non-expert alike a comprehensive overview of the major theoretical and experimental advances of the past twenty years.