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Particle physics : a very short introduction / Frank Close.
LIBRA QC778 .C56 2004
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Close, F. E.
- Series:
- Very short introductions
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Particles (Nuclear physics)--Popular works.
- Particles (Nuclear physics).
- Genre:
- Popular works.
- Physical Description:
- 148 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2004]
- Summary:
- In Particle Physics: A Very Short Introduction, best-selling author Frank Close provides a compelling and lively introduction to the fundamental particles that make up the universe. The book begins with a guide to what matter is made up of and how it evolved, and goes on to describe the fascinating and cutting-edge techniques used to study it. The author discusses particles such as quarks, electrons, and the neutrino, and exotic matter and antimatter. He also investigates the forces of nature, accelerators and detectors, and the intriguing future of particle physics. This book is essential reading for general readers interested in popular science, students of physics, and scientists at all levels.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Craig M. Merrihue Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0192804340
- OCLC:
- 54865414
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