The Particle Explosion

Frank Close; Michael Marten; Christine Sutton

ISBN 10: 0198519656 / ISBN 13: 9780198519652

Published by Oxford University Press, 1987

Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0198519656I4N01

Synopsis:

This guide takes the reader on an illustrated journey into the sub-atomic world discovered by physicists over the past century. The authors describe the fundamental discoveries and the developments in equipment which have led to our current understanding of the nature of matter in the universe and the forces which govern its behaviour. Non-technical portraits of all major sub-atomic particles are given, from the electron, proton and neutron, through to quarks and muons.

About the Author: About the Authors Frank Close is Senior Principal Scientist at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory and is the author of Introduction to Quarks and Partons (1979). Michael Marten is the author of The New Astronomy (Oxford, 1984). Christine Sutton, a Research Associate in the Department of Nuclear Physics at Oxford University, is also the author of he Particle Connection (1984) and Building the Universe (1985).

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Particle Explosion
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Date: 1987
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket