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From Current Algebra to Quantum Chromodynamics: A Case for Structural Realism
Tian Yu Cao
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Description for From Current Algebra to Quantum Chromodynamics: A Case for Structural Realism
hardcover. This book examines complex physical, philosophical and historiographical issues relating to quantum chromodynamics for graduate students and researchers. Num Pages: 318 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; PHN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 252 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 778.
The advent of quantum chromodynamics (QCD) in the early 1970s was one of the most important events in twentieth-century science. This book examines the conceptual steps that were crucial to the rise of QCD, placing them in historical context against the background of debates that were ongoing between the bootstrap approach and composite modeling, and between mathematical and realistic conceptions of quarks. It explains the origins of QCD in current algebra and its development through high-energy experiments, model-building, mathematical analysis and conceptual synthesis. Addressing a range of complex physical, philosophical and historiographical issues in detail, this book will interest graduate ... Read more
The advent of quantum chromodynamics (QCD) in the early 1970s was one of the most important events in twentieth-century science. This book examines the conceptual steps that were crucial to the rise of QCD, placing them in historical context against the background of debates that were ongoing between the bootstrap approach and composite modeling, and between mathematical and realistic conceptions of quarks. It explains the origins of QCD in current algebra and its development through high-energy experiments, model-building, mathematical analysis and conceptual synthesis. Addressing a range of complex physical, philosophical and historiographical issues in detail, this book will interest graduate ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
Number of Pages
318
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521889339
SKU
V9780521889339
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About Tian Yu Cao
Tian Yu Cao is the author of Conceptual Developments of 20th Century Field Theories (1997) and the editor of Conceptual Foundations of Quantum Field Theory (1999), also published by Cambridge University Press.
Reviews for From Current Algebra to Quantum Chromodynamics: A Case for Structural Realism
Review of the hardback: 'Tian Yu's book is a penetrating treatment of the physics involved, but with many philosophical asides, that he alone can produce effortlessly. I have enjoyed reading it enormously.' Michael Redhead, Professor Emeritus, University of Cambridge, FBA 'Cao's book provides many historical and conceptual insights into the fascinating development of QCD.' Vincent Lam, Philosophy in Review