In Search of the Ultimate Building Blocks

Hooft, Gerard 't,Hooft, G 't,Hooft, Gerard T.

ISBN 10: 0521578833 / ISBN 13: 9780521578837

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1996

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First Edition Thus. Published by Cambridge University Press, 1997. Octavo. Book is very good with light creasing on left side of back cover. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: In Search of the Ultimate Building Blocks
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521578833
• ISBN 13: 9780521578837
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Edition: First Thus.
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science & Nature

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Synopsis

From 1960 until 1990 theoretical physicists and experimentalists worked together to probe deeper and deeper into the basic structure of matter, moving closer to an understanding of the ultimate building blocks of the universe. Gerard 't Hooft was closely involved in many of the advances in modern theoretical physics that led to improved understanding of elementary particles, and this is a first-hand account of one of the most creative and exciting periods of discovery in the history of physics. Using language a layperson can understand, this narrative touches on many central topics and ideas, such as quarks and quantum physics; supergravity, superstrings and superconductivity; the Standard Model and grand unification; eleven-dimensional space time and black holes. This fascinating personal account of the past thirty years in one of the most dramatic areas in twentieth-century physics will be of interest to professional physicists and physics students, as well as the educated general reader with an interest in one of the most exciting scientific detective stories ever.

From the Back Cover

This is a first-hand account of one of the most creative and exciting periods of discovery in the history of physics. From 1960 until 1990 theoreticians and experimentalists worked together to probe deeper and deeper into the basic structure of reality, moving closer and closer to an understanding of the ultimate building blocks from which everything in the universe is made.