This book provides a comprehensive overview of modern particle
physics accessible to anyone with a true passion for wanting to
know how the universe works. We are introduced to the known
particles of the world we live in. An elegant explanation of
quantum mechanics and relativity paves the way for an understanding
of the laws that govern particle physics. These laws are put into
action in the world of accelerators, colliders and detectors found
at institutions such as CERN and Fermilab that are in the forefront
of technical innovation. Real world and theory meet using Feynman
diagrams to solve the problems of infinities and deduce the need
for the Higgs boson.Facts and Mysteries in Elementary Particle
Physics offers an incredible insight from an eyewitness and
participant in some of the greatest discoveries in 20th century
science. From Einstein's theory of relativity to the spectacular
discovery of the Higgs particle, this book will fascinate and
educate anyone interested in the world of quarks, leptons and gauge
theories.This book also contains many thumbnail sketches of
particle physics personalities, including contemporaries as seen
through the eyes of the author. Illustrated with pictures, these
candid sketches present rare, perceptive views of the characters
that populate the field.The Chapter on Particle Theory, in a
pre-publication, was termed 'superbly lucid' by David Miller in
Nature (Vol. 396, 17 Dec. 1998, p. 642).
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