A Palette of Particles

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Jeremy Bernstein

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Harvard Uni.Press Academi
11 March 2013

Mathematics & Sciences; History of science; Particle & high-energy physics

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.

By: Jeremy Bernstein
Imprint: Harvard Uni.Press Academi
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 181mm, Width: 111mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 278g
ISBN: 9780674072510
ISBN 10: 0674072510
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 11 March 2013
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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

Reviews for A Palette of Particles

The real appeal of A Palette of Particles. ..[is] Bernstein's infectious love not only for the mysteries of physics but also for the minds behind the magic. The stories and photos of physicists in action--especially that of Wolfgang Pauli and Niels Bohr, two venerable fathers of physics, bent over to watch the spinning of a child's top--bring physics to life in a way that equations simply can't.--Mary Mann Bookslut (03/01/2013)