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Cindy Schwarz (Author), S. Glashow (Introduction)

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ISBN-10: 1563966174 | ISBN-13: 978-1563966170 | Publication Date: September 24, 1996 | Edition: 2nd

This popular book introduces the ideas, terminology, and techniques of high-energy physics. Insights into the structure of matter from the atom down to the quark are made accessible to readers who have no physics background. "With hardly a mathematical formula, Ms. Schwarz clearly explains the language and much of the substance of elementary particle physics." -FROM THE INTRODUCTION BY STANLEY GLASHOW, HARVARD UNIVERSITY, NOBEL LAUREATE

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Paperback: 118 pages
Publisher: American Inst. of Physics; 2nd edition (September 24, 1996)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1563966174
ISBN-13: 978-1563966170
Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.4 inches
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I have found this book simple and straightforward. It is a great introduction that cuts out unnecessary detail and introduces students to the basic facts they need to know. I give this book to both undergraduate and graduate students who join my High Energy Physics research group. Though it is aimed at a more general audience, I find that it is a nice focused introduction and confidence builder for my research students.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Don't waste your money.... or your time., March 30, 2001

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This book has some value, hence 2 stars not one. But slogging through student essays on how quarks date (really!)is insufferable.

Get Gordan Kane's "The Particle Garden" and get more.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A very good supplementary reading for high school students, December 1, 2001

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A clear and concise introduction to particle physics. High school students who are interested in knowing more about particle physics will find this book very useful. Good to have one in a school library.

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electron lepton number, neutron beta decay, quark theory, wire chambers, baryon number, due chapter, nitrogen nucleus, strange particles, quark model, strange quark

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