Particle Physics A Very Short Introduction by Frank Close

Particle Physics: A Very Short Introduction by Frank Close (Author). In Particle Physics: A Very Short Introduction, greatest-promoting writer Frank Close offers a compelling and lively introduction to the basic particles that make up the universe. The ebook begins with a guide to what matter is made up of and how it evolved, and goes on to explain the fascinating and reducing-edge strategies used to check it. The writer discusses particles similar to quarks, electrons, and the neutrino, and unique matter and antimatter. He additionally investigates the forces of nature, accelerators and detectors, and the intriguing way forward for particle physics. This book is crucial reading for general readers enthusiastic about common science, college students of physics, and scientists in any respect levels.

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This book is superb for anyone who want to study fundamentals of particle physics, or refresh his or her fundamental knowledge within the area. Particles are on the forefront of physics, with new ones discovered or proven to exist not way back, with new theories rising, or previous ones confirmed or discovered inconsistent, the likelihood is what we find out about particles immediately is somewhat totally different than what you’ll have realized at school back.

Attention-grabbing info and simple to understand comparisons make this guide captivating. It explains the construction of atoms, and subatomic particles, as well as methods and instruments used to check them. Typically the book is repetitive, but repetition is one of the key elements of learning.

General, this very quick introduction feels very contemporary and lightweight to a reader, and the last chapter that focuses on current excessive priority theories to be proven, gives a superb outlook of what might await us sooner or later, giving this ebook balanced perspective.

In an introduction to a subject, one expects plenty of figures to explain nearly every topic. This ebook, and certainly your complete series, usually has slightly few figures. The series also, usually, focuses on the historic growth of the topic and never essentially on the current understanding of the topic. Subsequently, the series sacrifices a greater explanation of our present understanding to clarify who thought what and when. Nonetheless, this e book serves adequately within the capacity of a “very short introduction.”

Particle Physics: A Very Short Introduction

Frank Close (Author)

160 pages

Oxford University Press, USA (July 29, 2004)

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