theory of almost everything
Subtitle: the Standard Model, the unsung triumph of modern physics
By: Robert Oerter.
Publisher: Pi
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 327
Subjects: Standard model (Nuclear physics)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-317) and index.
Table of contents: title: The first unifications; title: Einstein's relativity and Noether's theorem; title: The end of the world as we know it; title: (Im) probabilities; title: The bizarre reality of QED; title: Feynman's particles, Schwinger's fields; title: Welcome to the subatomic zoo; title: The color of quarks; title: The weakest link; title: The standard model, at last; title: The edge of physics; title: New dimensions; title: Appendix A:; title: Quarks and the eightfold way; title: Appendix B: Asymptotic freedom; title: Appendix C: Interactions of the standard model.