Constructing reality : quantum theory and particle physics

Constructing reality : quantum theory and particle physics / John Marburger.

"Questions of the fundamental nature of matter continue to inspire and engage our imagination. However, the exciting new concepts of strings, supersymmetry and exotic matter build on ideas that are well known to physicists but mysterious and puzzling to people outside of these research fields....

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Main Author: Marburger, John H., III (John Harmen), 1941-2011
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Quantum theory.
Particles (Nuclear physics)
particle physics.
SCIENCE > Physics > Quantum Theory.
Quantum theory
Elementarteilchenphysik
Quantentheorie
Electronic book.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. The nature of things
  • 2. Matter and motion in space and time
  • 3. Reality large and small
  • 4. The language of nature
  • 5. More is different
  • 6. The machinery of particle discovery
  • 7. The Standard Model
  • 8. The proliferation of matter
  • Epilogue: beneath reality
  • Appendix: how quantum mechanics is used.

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