At the Root of Things

The Subatomic World

Palash Baran Pal (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

216 Seiten

2014
Crc Press Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4665-9129-5 (ISBN)

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At the Root of Things: The Subatomic World is a journey into the world of elementary particles-the basic constituents of all matter in the universe-and the nature of the interactions among them. The book begins with a summary of pre-quantum physics and later tackles quantum physics, which is essential for the study of elementary particles. It is written in a non-technical way so that anyone interested about these issues will be able to read it. All and all, this is a book that not only helps outsiders understand the subject in a non-mathematical manner; it also inspires them to join the exciting endeavor. It contains many line diagrams to illustrate the ideas and a few mathematical equations like E = mc2.

Palash B Pal is a senior professor at the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics in Kolkata. He was awarded a PhD from the Carnegie-Mellon University. Dr. Pal's research interests are in the area of particle physics. He has written various academic books, as well as popular-level books, and received the Rabindra Smriti Puroskar (Rabindranath Tagore memorial prize) from the Government of West Bengal. He has authored nearly 100 academic papers.

Conservation Laws. Waves and Particles. Insider's Story of the Atomland. Smaller than the Atom. Destination Unification. Suggested Reading. Index.

Zusatzinfo	6 Tables, black and white; 29 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	Bosa Roca
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	172 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Hochenergiephysik / Teilchenphysik
ISBN-10	1-4665-9129-3 / 1466591293
ISBN-13	978-1-4665-9129-5 / 9781466591295
Zustand	Neuware