Frank Close: Particle Physics | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9780192873750 | Particle Physics: A Very Short Introduction | Frank Close | Buch

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Beschreibung

Following the discovery of the Higgs boson, Frank Close has produced this major revision to his classic and compelling introduction to the fundamental particles that make up the universe.

Über den Autor

Frank Close OBE FRS is Professor Emeritus of Physics at Oxford University and a Fellow Emeritus of Exeter College. He was formerly the Head of the Theoretical Physics Division at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, and Head of Communications and Public Education at CERN. He is the author of several books, including the best-selling Lucifer's Legacy (OUP, 2000), and was the winner of the Kelvin Medal of the Institute of Physics for his 'outstanding contributions to the public understanding of physics'. His other books include The Cosmic Onion (1983), The Particle Explosion (1987), End (1988), Too Hot to Handle (1991), and The Infinity Puzzle (OUP, 2012). In 2013 Professor Close was awarded the Royal Society Michael Faraday Prize for communicating science.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1: Journey to the centre of the universe

2: How big and small are big and small?

3: How we learn what things are made of, and what we found

4: The heart of the matter

5: Accelerators: cosmic and manmade

6: Detectors: cameras and time machines

7: The forces of Nature

8: Exotic matter (and antimatter)

9: Where has matter come from?

10: Questions for the 21st century

Details

Medium:	Taschenbuch
Reihe:	Very Short Introductions
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780192873750
ISBN-10:	019287375X
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Close, Frank
Auflage:	2. Auflage
Hersteller:	Oxford University Press
Abbildungen:	numerous line drawings and halftones
Maße:	169 x 112 x 27 mm
Von/Mit:	Frank Close
Erscheinungsdatum:	23.11.2023
Gewicht:	0,15 kg

Artikel-ID: 126503825

Über den Autor

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1: Journey to the centre of the universe

2: How big and small are big and small?

3: How we learn what things are made of, and what we found

4: The heart of the matter

5: Accelerators: cosmic and manmade

6: Detectors: cameras and time machines

7: The forces of Nature

8: Exotic matter (and antimatter)

9: Where has matter come from?

10: Questions for the 21st century

Details

Medium:	Taschenbuch
Reihe:	Very Short Introductions
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780192873750
ISBN-10:	019287375X
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Close, Frank
Auflage:	2. Auflage
Hersteller:	Oxford University Press
Abbildungen:	numerous line drawings and halftones
Maße:	169 x 112 x 27 mm
Von/Mit:	Frank Close
Erscheinungsdatum:	23.11.2023
Gewicht:	0,15 kg