Yuval Ne'Eman, Ne'eman Yuval, Kirsh Yoram

The Particle Hunters

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A second edition of one of our best popular physics titles.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Revised
• Seitenzahl: 316
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Dezember 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 548g
• ISBN-13: 9780521476867
• ISBN-10: 0521476860
• Artikelnr.: 21680874

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the first edition
Preface to the second edition
1. The building blocks of the atom
2. Physical laws for small particles
3. The discoveries of the 1930s and 1940s
4. Particle accelerators - or from hunters to farmers
5. Strange particles
6. Basic forces and the classification of particles
7. Conservation laws
8. Short-lived particles
9. To the quarks - via the eightfold way
10. More quarks - or charm, truth and beauty
11. The standard model and beyond
Appendix 1. Properties of semi-stable particles
Appendix 2. The Greek alphabet
Name index
Subject index.