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Particle Physics

A Beginner's Guide

Brian Martin author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Oneworld Publications

Published:1st Mar '11

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"An important contribution towards explaining one of the 20th century's most significant scientific achievements to the public." Brian Foster

A wide-ranging tour of the field, from its beginnings in nuclear physics to the discovery of quarks to present-day research into string theory, the mystery of antimatter, and the search for the elusive God particle.

Gaining notoriety as the science behind the controversial experiments of the Large Hadron Collider, particle physics explores our most fundamental and mind-blowing problems: How did the Universe start? What are we made of? How small is the smallest thing? Without presuming any prior scientific knowledge, Brian R. Martin takes readers on a wide-ranging tour of the field, from its beginnings in nuclear physics to the discovery of quarks to present-day research into string theory, the mystery of antimatter, and the search for the elusive God particle.

ISBN: 9781851687862

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 12mm

Weight: 218g

224 pages