The Particle Garden: Our Universe As Understood By Particle Physicists (Helix Books) Edition Unstated Edition

by Gordon Kane (Author)

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The Particle Garden is the clearest survey of particle physics, including the theory, its experimental foundations, its relations to cosmology and astrophysics, and its future. Known as an excellent expositor of physics, Kane has marshaled his research and teaching experience to make this daunting subject understandable to all readers.

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This nontechnical survey by Kane, professor of physics at the University of Michigan, is an engaging and fast-forward tour through today's looking-glasslike state of particle physics-the physics of subatomic particles: electrons, quarks, photons, bosons and company. The first five chapters, we are told, require no knowledge of the subject; but for chapters six through 13 (the end), hold on to your hats. The "garden" metaphor in the title is only loosely stitched throughout the text, which is so well presented that popularizing constructions of this kind are unnecessary to keep the reader alongside the author's detailed, necessarily abstruse exposition. Topics covered include a history of particle physics, the Standard Theory, "grand unification" and beyond and the relation of particle physics to cosmology and astrophysics. These coherent lectures for nonscientists are a pleasure to read and reread for the layers of understanding that contemporary physics requires of the generalist. The hefty glossary is a plus. Illustrations.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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As theoretical and experimental research steadily pushes back the frontiers of physical knowledge, physicists find it increasingly difficult to explain the physical world to the rest of us. This title is a successful attempt by a University of Michigan professor to communicate in plain language what his profession knows and how it discovers that knowledge. Kane reviews the training of particle physicists, shows how they carry out their research, and explains just what makes up the "physics community," both here and abroad. In nonmathematical terms, he reviews the history of his specialty and where it stands today, concluding with a look at the next frontiers, supersymmetry and grand unification, and the intersection of particle physics with astrophysics and cosmology. As a clearly written description for the interested lay reader, this is probably about as good as it gets. Recommended especially for public libraries.?Donald Marion, Univ. of Minnesota Science & Engineering Lib., Minneapolis
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Series: Helix Books
Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: Basic Books; Edition Unstated edition (July 2, 1996)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0201408260
ISBN-13: 978-0201408263
Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.5 x 8 inches
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Average Customer Review: 19 customer reviews
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Nice to learn about leptons

ByMagical Dragonon July 30, 2014

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Nice to learn about leptons, up quarks, electron neutrinos, muons, Z bosons and other things I heard mentioned and wanted to learn about. The chapter on the Standard Theory of Physics was the best chapter of all. I give him credit for for explaining something abstract so a non scientist like me can learn it. Even though the book was written in 1996, it is still relevant. I also like the fact that he didn't talk about theories with multiple universes or ones with strings in many dimensions that I read about before, and are just unproven speculation. Even though there is no math formulas, it's not light reading, but not overly difficult if you want to put in some effort. It was well worth it. Nice to learn about something I've been curious about. I also recommend going to Wikipedia, typing in Particle Physics, saving the purple, green, red and yellow chart of all the particles and printing it full size on an 8 1/2 by 11 inch piece of paper to help in your understanding.

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Particle nuclear physics for the layperson

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