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Overview"Ideas, theories, experiments, and unanswered questions in particle physics, explained (with anecdotes) for the general reader. Ideas, theories, experiments, and unanswered questions in particle physics, explained (with anecdotes) for the general reader.The elementary particles of matter hold the secrets of Nature together with the fundamental forces. In Ever Smaller, neutrino physicist Antonio Ereditato describes the amazing discoveries of the ""particle revolution,"" explaining ideas, theories, experiments, and unanswered questions in particle physics in a way that is accessible (and enjoyable) for the general reader. Ereditato shows us that physics is not the exclusive territory of scientists in white lab coats exclaiming ""Eureka"" but that its revelations can be appreciated by any reader curious about the mysteries of the universe. Ereditato's overview takes us through a century of particle physics, from the discovery of the components of the atom through an endless procession of subatomic particles-the pion, the muon, the quarks, the W, Z, gluon, Higgs boson, and the mysterious, ubiquitous neutrino (Ereditato's chosen specialty)-interweaving the history of these discoveries with basic explanations of the physics itself as well as the technology behind the discoveries. He considers the particle physicist's impulse to pursue the ""ever smaller""-to divide matter into ever more minuscule parts, until reaching the elementary constituents of the universe; explains how Nature likes symmetries; describes the workings of particle accelerators and detectors; demonstrates how to distinguish between three identical quarks; and warns that the ugliest experimental data are more important than the most beautiful theory. With Ever Smaller, Ereditato invites readers to join him in appreciating the beauty of the microcosm." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Antonio Ereditato , Nigel Lockyer , Erica Segre , Simon CarnellPublisher: MIT Press Ltd Imprint: MIT Press Weight: 0.567kg ISBN: 9780262043861ISBN 10: 0262043866 Pages: 352 Publication Date: 20 October 2020 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order ![]() Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of Contents1 Atoms and Beyond 2 The Indivisible and the Divisible 3 Everything is Relative 4 The Certainty of Chance 5 The Family Grows 6 Energized Particles 7 Three Quarks for Muster Mark! 8 May the Force be with Us! 9 The World Through the Looking-Glass 10 The Most Beautiful Theory in the World 11 The Color of Elementary Particles 12 The November Revolution 13 Weak, but Very Influential 14 The Chameleon 15 Seeing the Invisible 16 United You Win 17 Dream, the Unknown, Adventure 18 Be CuriousReviewsAuthor Information"Antonio Ereditato is Director of the University of Bern's Laboratory for High Energy Physics. He is the former leader of OPERA, a large multinational collaborative study of neutrino physics at CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) and he participated in the ATLAS experiments at CERN that led to the detection of the Higgs boson (the ""God particle"") and in several large neutrino projects including T2K in Japan and MicroBooNE and DUNE in the United Sates. He is the author of The State of the Art of Neutrino Physics." Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |