Gaining notoriety as the science behind the controversial experiments of the Large Hadron Collider, particle physics explores our most fundamental and mind-blowing problems: How did the Universe start? What are we made of? How small is the smallest thing? Without presuming any prior scientific knowledge, Brian R. Martin takes readers on a wide-ranging tour of the field, from its beginnings in nuclear physics to the discovery of quarks to present-day research into string theory, the mystery of antimatter, and the search for the elusive God particle.
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A wide-ranging tour of the field, from its beginnings in nuclear physics to the discovery of quarks to present-day research into string theory, the mystery of antimatter, and the search for the elusive God particle.
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"An important contribution towards explaining one of the 20th century's most significant scientific achievements to the public."
"An important contribution towards explaining one of the 20th century's most significant scientific achievements to the public." Brian Foster
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781851687862
Publisert
2011-03-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Oneworld Publications
Vekt
218 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
12 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

Forfatter

Biographical note

UK
Brian R. Martin is emeritus professor of physics at University College London, where he was Head of the Physics Department until 2004. His book on Nuclear and Particle Physics, now in its second edition, has become an established undergraduate textbook.
US
Brian R. Martin is emeritus professor of physics at University College London, where he chaired the physics department until 2004. His book Nuclear and Particle Physics (Wiley) is an established college textbook, now in its second edition.