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Deep Down Things: The Breathtaking Beauty of Particle Physics
Bruce A. Schumm
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Description for Deep Down Things: The Breathtaking Beauty of Particle Physics
Hardback. 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. Num Pages: 392 pages, 69, 69 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: PHP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 169 x 29. Weight in Grams: 704.
A useful scientific theory, claimed Einstein, must be explicable to any intelligent person. In Deep Down Things, experimental particle physicist Bruce Schumm has taken this dictum to heart, providing in clear, straightforward prose an elucidation of the Standard Model of particle physics-a theory that stands as one of the crowning achievements of twentieth-century science. In this one-of-a-kind book, the work of many of the past century's most notable physicists, including Einstein, Schrodinger, Heisenberg, Dirac, Feynman, Gell-Mann, and Weinberg, is knit together in a thorough and accessible exposition of the revolutionary notions that underlie our current view of the fundamental ... Read more
A useful scientific theory, claimed Einstein, must be explicable to any intelligent person. In Deep Down Things, experimental particle physicist Bruce Schumm has taken this dictum to heart, providing in clear, straightforward prose an elucidation of the Standard Model of particle physics-a theory that stands as one of the crowning achievements of twentieth-century science. In this one-of-a-kind book, the work of many of the past century's most notable physicists, including Einstein, Schrodinger, Heisenberg, Dirac, Feynman, Gell-Mann, and Weinberg, is knit together in a thorough and accessible exposition of the revolutionary notions that underlie our current view of the fundamental ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801879715
SKU
V9780801879715
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About Bruce A. Schumm
Bruce A. Schumm is a professor of physics at the University of California at Santa Cruz.
Reviews for Deep Down Things: The Breathtaking Beauty of Particle Physics
A fascinating journey into the bizarre, subatomic world of particle physics. PhysOrg.com 2004 Quantum field theory, group theory, Lie algebras, internal symmetry spaces and gauge theory. [Schumm] does a remarkably good job of explaining all this, with a style that is mercifully plain.
Peter de Groot New Scientist 2005 Explores the world of particle physics in terms laymen can ... Read more
Peter de Groot New Scientist 2005 Explores the world of particle physics in terms laymen can ... Read more