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With 550 pages subdivided into 11 chapters plus a coda, six appendices, nearly 600 references (about a quarter of them dated after the year 2000) and 28 experiments described in detail, it turns out to be not only a source book for courses in physics but also an excellent companion in the search for symmetry. * CERN Courier *

With 550 pages subdivided into 11 chapters plus a coda, six appendices, nearly 600 references (about a quarter of them dated after the year 2000) and 28 experiments described in detail, it turns out to be not only a source book for courses in physics but also an excellent companion in the search for symmetry. CERN Courier

`Sozzi, himself a prominent researcher in the important quest to understand violations of discrete symmetries, presents a comprehensive picture of this critical subject in fundamental particle physics. Background and all major developments are covered with an unusual degree of thoroughness. Where the book is particularly valuable is in its historical perspective and its treatment of experimentation. Key experiments are described with emphasis on aspects of implementation which made discovery possible. There is much to be valued here, for both experimentalists and theorists.This may be the only such book which includes a chapter on one of the most important topics in experimental physics: systematic errors.' Bruce Winstein, University of Chicago `A unique contribution to the available texts on these topics.' Aaron Roodman, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford University

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Marco Sozzi Associate Professor in Physics University of Pisa Piazza dei Cavalieri 7 - 56126 Pisa Italy Studied in Torino, where he received his Ph.D. in elementary particle physics. Involved in particle physics experiments at Fermilab and CERN, where he spent several years as a fellow and a research associate. His main areas of research is CP violation, and he worked in the NA48 experiment at CERN which proved the existence of direct CP violation in kaon decays, since its beginning, and participated to the follow-up program in NA48/1 and NA48/2, of which he is deputy spokesman. He is author of about 70 articles and monographies in international journals.He has been teaching courses in general physics, particle physics and CP violation to undergraduate and graduate students at the Scuola Normale and the Universities of Pisa and Firenze, as well at international schools. Since 2003 he has habilitation for associate professorship in physics.

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