The discovery of subatomic particles
By: Steven Weinberg.
Edition: Rev. ed.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
Subjects: Particles (Nuclear physics)
Description: This commentary on the discovery of the atom's constituents provides an historical account of key events in the physics of the twentieth century that led to the discoveries of the electron, proton and neutron. Steven Weinberg introduces the fundamentals of classical physics that played crucial roles in these discoveries. Connections are shown throughout the book between the historic discoveries of subatomic particles and contemporary research at the frontiers of physics, including the most current discoveries of new elementary particles. -- ‡c From publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.