First edition book and dust jacket are both in fine, as new condition. "Colossal particle accelerators enable physicists to bring this inner world into focus" ( the quantum world) "and have helped them to shape a theory respectful of quantum rules that explains how quarks feel one another's presence. The "Quantum Quark" is the story of that theory: quantum chromodynamics." 464 pp. Science, Physics, Quarks, Quantum world, Quantum chromodynamics.

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Title

The Quantum Quark

Publisher

Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England

Publication Date

2004

Language

English

ISBN 10

0521829070

ISBN 13

9780521829076

Binding

Paper Covered Boards

Edition

First Edition

Condition

Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Fine

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Science

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Fascinating and inspiring book: the story of one of the four forces controlling our universe.

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Andrew Watson is a freelance science journalist and writer. After his PhD in theoretical physics, from the University of Manchester, he went on to do physics research and lecturing. He now combines working part-time as a scientist at the Institute of Food Research with writing. He has written for a range of publications from popular magazines and newspapers to scientific journals, and is a regular contributor to Science magazine.

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