Deep down things : The Breathtaking Beauty of Particle Physics

Material type: Text

TextEdition: 1Description: x, 378 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:

080187971-x

Subject(s):

Particles (Nuclear physics) Quantum field theory. Gauge fields (Physics) Symmetry (Physics)

DDC classification:

539.7/2 SCH-D

Contents:

Introduction -- The true movers & shakers: the forces of nature -- The great reawakening: the modern physics revolution -- The marriage of relativity & quantum theory: relativistic quantum field theory -- Patterns in nature: the fundamental building blocks -- Mathematical patterns: lie groups -- The world within: internal symmetries -- Physics by pure thought: gauge theory -- The current paradigm: hidden symmetry, the standard model & the Higgs Boson -- Into the unknown: what lies ahead.

Summary: Introducing readers to the world of particle physics, Deep Down Things opens new realms within which are many clues to unraveling the mysteries of the universe.

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"In Deep Down Things, experimental particle physicist Bruce A. Schumm provides an elucidation of the Standard Model of particle physics - a theory that stands as one of the crowning achievements of twentieth-century science."--Jacket

Includes index.

Introduction --
The true movers & shakers: the forces of nature --
The great reawakening: the modern physics revolution --
The marriage of relativity & quantum theory: relativistic quantum field theory --
Patterns in nature: the fundamental building blocks --
Mathematical patterns: lie groups --
The world within: internal symmetries --
Physics by pure thought: gauge theory --
The current paradigm: hidden symmetry, the standard model & the Higgs Boson --
Into the unknown: what lies ahead.

Introducing readers to the world of particle physics, Deep Down Things opens new realms within which are many clues to unraveling the mysteries of the universe.

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