Particle Physics: A Los Alamos Primer (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521347808)

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.

Author: Necia Grant Cooper
ISBN-10: 0521347807
ISBN-13: 9780521347808
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/29/1988
Pages: 212
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.08lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.25w x 0.45d