NEW Material * Explains the principles behind the Hadron Collider as well as the potential it presents * Considers the recent development of the Electroweak Theory as a law of nature * Explores the mysteries uncovered and the ones that may be in store with regard to top and bottom quarks Keeping still-pertinent contents from the original volume that caught the world's attention in 1983, this fresh edition of the Cosmic Onion includes extensive new material to reflect new views of the universe. Providing explanations that explore the foundations of 21st Century science and future directions, this work offers ready access and unique perspectives to more typical topics such as the forces of nature, atoms, the nucleus, and nuclear particles. It also travels down paths that only a true pioneer and educator can venture, such as a discussion of what Professor Close refers to as the Eightfold Way including the findings, surprises, and new questions emerging from the latest work with accelerators.
Quarks and the Nature of the Universe
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NEW Material * Explains the principles behind the Hadron Collider as well as the potential it presents * Considers the recent development of the Electroweak Theory as a law of nature * Explores the mysteries uncovered and the ones that may be in store with regard to top and bottom quarks Keeping still-pertinent contents from the original volume that caught the world's attention in 1983, this fresh edition of the Cosmic Onion includes extensive new material to reflect new views of the universe. Providing explanations that explore the foundations of 21st Century science and future directions, this work offers ready access and unique perspectives to more typical topics such as the forces of nature, atoms, the nucleus, and nuclear particles. It also travels down paths that only a true pioneer and educator can venture, such as a discussion of what Professor Close refers to as the Eightfold Way including the findings, surprises, and new questions emerging from the latest work with accelerators.
- ISBN:
- 9781584887980
- 9781584887980
- Category:
- Life sciences: general issues
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 15-12-2006
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Taylor & Francis Inc
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Pages:
- 232
- Dimensions (mm):
- 234x156x13mm
- Weight:
- 0.43kg
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