The Wizard of Quarks
Subtitle: A Fantasy of Particle Physics
By: by Robert Gilmore
Publisher: Springer New York
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 202
ISBN-13: 9781461265177; 9781461300939
Subjects: Physics
Description: Get ready to take another fantastic journey with physicist and author Robert Gilmore, this time with Dorothy, following the yellow building block road through the land of the Wizard of Quarks. Using characters and situations based on the universally known story, The Wizard of Oz, we learn along the way about the fascinating world of particle physics. Classes of particles, from quarks to leptons are shown in ab atomic garden, where atoms and molecules are produced; see how Dorothy, The Tin Geek, and the Cowardly Lion experience the bizarre world of subatomic particles. Thousands of readers who were delighted by the adventures and science content of "Alice in Quantumland" are in for another treat, with the prose and illustrations of Robert Gilmore.
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Table of contents: title: The Witch of Mass; title: The Observant Scarecrow; title: The Tin Geek; title: The Confident Lion; title: The Atomic Garden; title: The Seed at the Heart of the World; title: In the Kingdom of CERN; title: The Field of the Weave of Light; title: The Wizard of Quarks; title: The Plaza of the Immortals; title: A Weak Old Woman; title: The Higgs of Maskervilles.