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OverviewThe major development in atomic, nuclear particle and quark physics are presented in this text. It provides a brief history of particles, charting the discovery of electrons and photons, antimatter, atomic nuclei, strong and weak forces, and quarks and gluons. In particular, it traces the concept of ""conversed charges"", a phenomena that is consistently manifested in each of the developments in modern physics. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Moo-young Han (Korea Advanced Inst Of Science And Technology (Kaist), Korea & Duke Univ, Usa)Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Imprint: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Dimensions: Width: 14.70cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 23.00cm Weight: 0.295kg ISBN: 9789810237455ISBN 10: 9810237456 Pages: 168 Publication Date: 10 February 1999 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General , Undergraduate Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsIntroduction: a century of particle charges; the electron - the quantum of electricity; mass - E=mc and all that; the photon - no charge, no mass; the spin - if it's round, it rolls; antimatter - a mirror image; the nucleus - a whole new ball game; the strong force I - nucleons; the weak force - a whisper in the night; the strong force II - hadrons; the quark - the queen of fractions; the origin of quarks and gluons; epligoue - m-re quarks, more leptons and more charges. Appendices: annotated chronology; powers of ten; Nobel prizes in physics.ReviewsIn his new book, the author introduces us to the world of particles ... He traces the century of progress in our search for the basic units of matter as well as those of the forces that act on it, starting from the electron and photon, the first entry in the list of elementary quantum particles, and ending up with the quarks and gluons discovered in the last decades of this century. He gives the curious layman a clear understanding of the forefront of our knowledge about the structure of matter at its deepest level. Y Nambu University of Chicago This is a readable little book on particle physics and is aimed at those with no previous exposure to the subject ... Nevertheless, as one would expect from a leading contributor to the field, Han takes care to get things right even when using simple language, as for example in his discussion of spin. CERN Courier Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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