The Particle Odyssey: A Journey to the Heart of Matter book pdf download

Author: Frank Close

About the Author: Frank Close was born in 1945 AD in Peterborough, he was awarded the OBE, and he is Professor of Physics at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of Exeter College. He is the author of several bestselling books such as: The Lucifer Legacy, Particle Physics: A Very Short Introduction, The New Cosmic Onion, The Particle Explosion, The End, Extremely Thorny, and “The Particle Saga” and “Antimatter”. He made several achievements, including: – Order of the British Empire at the rank of officer. Fellowship of the Institute of Physics in 1991. Kelvin Prize in 1996. – Vice-President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 1993-99. – Head of the British team in the International Physics Olympiad since 2003. – Michael Faraday Award in 2013.

The Particle Odyssey: A Journey to the Heart of Matter book pdf download By Frank Close

Boasting more than three hundred illustrations, the majority in full color, The Particle Odyssey takes us on an exhilarating tour of the subatomic world. The pictures here are truly marvelous–over 100 of the best images ever taken of particle ‘events’–mysterious, abstract, often beautiful photographs of the tracks of subatomic particles as they speed, curve, dance, or explode through cloud and bubble chambers, stacks of photographic emulsion, and giant multi-element detectors. There are illustrations of spiraling electrons, the tell-tale “vees” of strange particles, matter and antimatter born from raw energy, energetic jets of particles spraying out from the decay points of quarks and gluons. Complementing the illustrations is a vividly written account of the key experiments and fundamental discoveries that have led to our current understanding of the nature of the universe. There are individual portraits of all the major subatomic particles, from the electron to the newly discovered top quark. The authors describe the history of experimental particle physics: its origins in the discovery of X-rays in 1895; the dissection of the atom by Rutherford and others; the unexpected revelations of the cosmic rays; the discovery of quarks and the rise of the ‘standard model’ in the last part of the 20th century. And they also look at the great questions that face physicists today–Where did antimatter go? What is dark matter? Can there be a theory of everything? A perfect gift for science buffs, The Particle Odyssey will enthrall everyone eager for a glimpse into the previously unknown the world of the atom.

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