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Deep down Things : The Breathtaking Beauty of Particle Physics.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004Copyright date: ©2005Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (391 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780801898969
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Deep down ThingsDDC classification:
  • 539.7/2
LOC classification:
  • QC793.2 .S35 2004
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The True Movers &amp -- Shakers: The Forces of Nature -- 3 The Great Reawakening: The Modern Physics Revolution -- 4 The Marriage of Relativity &amp -- Quantum Theory: Relativistic Quantum Field Theory -- 5 Patterns in Nature: The Fundamental Building Blocks -- 6 Mathematical Patterns: Lie Groups -- 7 The World Within: Internal Symmetries -- 8 Physics by Pure Thought: Gauge Theory -- 9 The Current Paradigm: Hidden Symmetry, the Standard Model &amp -- the Higgs Boson -- 10 Into the Unknown: What Lies Ahead -- Appendix: Exponential Notation -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
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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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The True Movers &amp -- Shakers: The Forces of Nature -- 3 The Great Reawakening: The Modern Physics Revolution -- 4 The Marriage of Relativity &amp -- Quantum Theory: Relativistic Quantum Field Theory -- 5 Patterns in Nature: The Fundamental Building Blocks -- 6 Mathematical Patterns: Lie Groups -- 7 The World Within: Internal Symmetries -- 8 Physics by Pure Thought: Gauge Theory -- 9 The Current Paradigm: Hidden Symmetry, the Standard Model &amp -- the Higgs Boson -- 10 Into the Unknown: What Lies Ahead -- Appendix: Exponential Notation -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

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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