The New Cosmic Onion - Frank Close

The New Cosmic Onion

Quarks and the Nature of the Universe

(Autor)

Buch | Hardcover
232 Seiten
2017
CRC Press (Verlag)
978-1-138-42970-3 (ISBN)
229,95 inkl. MwSt
Explains the principles behind the Hadron Collider as well as the potential it presents. This title considers the development of the Electroweak Theory as a law of nature. It explores the mysteries uncovered and the ones that may be in store with regard to top and bottom quarks.
Not since Newton�s apple has there been a physics phenomenon as deliciously appealing to the masses as Frank Close�s Cosmic Onion. Widely embraced by scientists and laypersons alike, the book quickly became an international bestseller. Translated into seven languages, it propelled the author to become a worldwide celebrity as well as an inspiration to a generation of scientists. The book�s title itself has entered popular usage as a metaphor for the layers that can be peeled away to understand the foundations of the physical world, from dimensions and galaxies, to atoms and quarks.
�Close is a lucid, reliable, and enthusiastic guide to the strange and wonderful microcosmic world that dwells deep within reality� � Frank Wilczek, Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics, MIT, 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics
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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

Frank Close

The Nature of the Universe. Atoms. Nucleus. The Forces of Nature. Nuclear Particles and the Eightfold Way. Quarks. Quantum Chromodynamics. The Electroweak Force. From Charm to Top. The LEP Era. Matter and Antimatter. Neutrinos. Guts, Susy, and Higgs. The Early Universe.

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 476 g
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Biologie
Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Atom- / Kern- / Molekularphysik
ISBN-10 1-138-42970-8 / 1138429708
ISBN-13 978-1-138-42970-3 / 9781138429703
Zustand Neuware
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