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Palette of Particles Hardback - 2013

by Jeremy Bernstein

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From molecules to stars, much of the cosmic canvas can be painted in brushstrokes of primary color: the protons, neutrons, and electrons we know so well. But for meticulous detail, we have to dip into exotic hues--leptons, mesons, hadrons, quarks. Bringing particle physics to life as few authors can, Jeremy Bernstein here unveils nature in all its subatomic splendor.

In this graceful account, Bernstein guides us through high-energy physics from the early twentieth century to the present, including such highlights as the newly discovered Higgs boson. Beginning with Ernest Rutherford's 1911 explanation of the nucleus, a model of atomic structure emerged that sufficed until the 1930s, when new particles began to be theorized and experimentally confirmed. In the postwar period, the subatomic world exploded in a blaze of unexpected findings leading to the theory of the quark, in all its strange and charmed variations. An eyewitness to developments at Harvard University and the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, Bernstein laces his story with piquant anecdotes of such luminaries as Wolfgang Pauli, Murray Gell-Mann, and Sheldon Glashow.

Surveying the dizzying landscape of contemporary physics, Bernstein remains optimistic about our ability to comprehend the secrets of the cosmos--even as its mysteries deepen. We now know that over eighty percent of the universe consists of matter we have never identified or detected. A Palette of Particles draws readers into the excitement of a field where the more we discover, the less we seem to know.

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  • Title Palette of Particles
  • Author Jeremy Bernstein
  • Binding Hardback
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Belknap Press, Cambridge
  • Publication date 2013-03-11
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780674072510 / 0674072510
  • Weight 0.63 lbs (0.29 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.37 x 6.29 x 0.79 in (18.72 x 15.98 x 2.01 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Chronological Period: 21st Century
  • Category Science
  • Library of Congress subjects Particles (Nuclear physics)
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2012032819
  • Dewey Decimal Code 539.72

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Citations

  • Booklist, 02/15/2013, Page 14
  • Choice, 08/01/2013, Page 0
  • Kirkus Reviews, 01/01/2013, Page 0
  • Publishers Weekly, 12/17/2012, Page 0

About the author

Jeremy Bernstein is the author of many books on science for the general reader, most recently Quantum Leaps.

Author's home: Aspen, CO

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