{"product_id":"gauge-theories-in-the-twentieth-john-c-taylor-9781860942822","title":"Gauge Theories in the Twentieth Century","description":"By the end of the 1970s, it was clear that all the known forces of nature (including, in a sense, gravity) were examples of gauge theories, characterized by invariance under symmetry transformations chosen independently at each position and each time. These ideas culminated with the finding of the W and Z gauge bosons (and perhaps also the Higgs boson). This important book brings together the key papers in the history of gauge theories, including the discoveries of: the role of gauge transformations in the quantum theory of electrically charged particles in the 1920s; nonabelian gauge groups in the 1950s; vacuum symmetry-breaking in the 1960s; asymptotic freedom in the 1970s. A short introduction explains the significance of the papers, and the connections between them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John C. Taylor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1860942822\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781860942822\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Imperial College Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/22\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 404\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.12h x 7.92w x 0.93d","brand":"John C. Taylor","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48065864073471,"sku":"9781860942822","price":71.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_81782799-a18b-4420-a90e-60a935266704.jpg?v=1768677753","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/gauge-theories-in-the-twentieth-john-c-taylor-9781860942822","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}