Pions to Quarks : Particle Physics in the 1950s Hardback
Edited by Laurie Mark Brown, Max Dresden, Lillian Hoddeson
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Editors Laurie Brown, Max Dresden and Lillian Hoddeson have assembled a prestigious group of physicists and historians of science to present a broadly balanced picture of this exciting scientific era that witnessed the coming of age of particle physics and its development into 'big science'.
The historical studies and analyses provided in the volume are unique in their scope and level of detail.
Major topics and developments addressed include the important experiments and their theoretical explanations, the design and construction of scientific instruments and the establishment of major research centres - especially the national laboratories that played a key role in the transformation of particle physics into 'big science'.
These essays also range from sociological analyses of the particle physics subculture and the political aspects of research funding to discussions of symmetry and axiomatic field theory.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:766 pages
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:24/11/1989
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- ISBN:9780521309844
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Out of Stock - We are unable to provide an estimated availability date for this product
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:766 pages
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:24/11/1989
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- ISBN:9780521309844