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Quarks, Leptons and the Big Bang Allday, Jonathan (The Royal Hospital School, Ipswich,UK) 3rd edition
Quarks, Leptons and the Big Bang
Allday, Jonathan (The Royal Hospital School, Ipswich,UK)
CHOICE: Highly Recommended
Quarks, Leptons and The Big Bang, Third Edition, is a clear, readable and self-contained introduction to particle physics and related areas of cosmology. It bridges the gap between non-technical popular accounts and textbooks for advanced students. The book concentrates on presenting the subject from the modern perspective of quarks, leptons and the forces between them. This book will appeal to students, teachers and general science readers interested in fundamental ideas of modern physics. This edition brings the book completely up to date by including advances in particle physics and cosmology, such as the discovery of the Higgs boson, the LIGO gravitational wave discovery and the WMAP and PLANCK results.
394 pages, 130 black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | November 22, 2016 |
| ISBN13 | 9781498773119 |
| Publishers | Taylor & Francis Inc |
| Pages | 375 |
| Dimensions | 261 × 186 × 27 mm · 732 g |
| Language | English |