The Discovery Of Subatomic Particles (Scientific American Library Series)
"A beautiful example of a new approach with which the nonscientist can attain literacy in physics."   Physics Today"It is a happy fact that some of the greatest scientists have been skilled expositors of their subject for nonscientific audiences. Einstein, Eddington, and Feynman come to mind. Steven Weinberg, a Nobel Laureate and brilliantly contemporary theorist, belongs in this company...It is ideally suited to inspire a next generation of physicists."   American Journal of Physics"Weinberg takes the reader through a brief history of electric forces from Coulomb to Faraday, enabling him to calculate the deflection from first principles. This is a remarkably painless and successful way to teach the basic ideas of physics...The book, with its splendid photographs...is authentically Weinberg--very much reminiscent of his earlier brilliant exposition The First Three Minutes."   The Times (UK)"Weinberg is a Nobel Prize-winning theoretician, and this book can be recommended without reservation. Highly recommended."   Choice--This text refers to an alternateHardcoveredition.