New Cosmic Onion Quarks and the Nature of the Universe

Name: New Cosmic Onion Quarks and the Nature of the Universe
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ISBN: 9781584887980

ISBN-10: 1584887982

ISBN-13: 9781584887980

Edition: 2007

Authors: Frank Close

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"Close is a lucid, reliable, and enthusiastic guide to the strange and wonderful microcosmic world that dwells deep within reality"- Frank Wilczek (Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics, MIT, and 2004 Nobel Prize in PhysicsNot since Newton's apple has there been a physics phenomenon as deliciously appealing to the masses as Frank Close's Cosmic Onion. Widely embraced by scientists and laypersons alike, the book quickly became an international bestseller. Translated into seven languages, it propelled the author to become a worldwide celebrity as well as an inspiration to a generation of scientists. The book's title itself has entered popular usage as a metaphor for the layers that can be…

Book details

List price: $56.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: CRC Press LLC
Publication date: 12/15/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 232
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.47" tall
Weight: 0.704
Language: English




The nature of the universe



Atoms



The nucleus



The forces of nature



Nuclear particles and the eightfold way



Quarks



Quantum chromodynamics : a theory for quarks



The electroweak force



From charm to top



The LEP era



CP violation and B-factories



Neutrinos



Beyond the standard model : GUTS, SUSY, and Higgs



Cosmology, particle physics, and the big bang