Elementary particles : a short history of some discoveries in atomic physics / Chen Ning Yang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yang, Chen Ning, author.

Series:

Vanuxem lectures.

Vanuxem Lectures, 1959

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Particles (Nuclear physics)--History.

Particles (Nuclear physics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (79 p.)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1962.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Dr. Yang reviews the history of our knowledge of the elementary particles, and shows how theory and experiment interact to extend human knowledge.Originally published in 1961.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Vanuxem Lecturers at Princeton University

Preface

1

2

3

Acknowledgments

Footnotes

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 13, 2015).

ISBN:

0-691-65201-5

1-4008-7728-8

OCLC:

1002061266