商品簡介
Writing for readers with a general interest in science, Dosch (emeritus, physics, U. of Heidelberg, Germany) describes the development of particle physics in its search for particles and forces beyond the world of atoms and molecules (the nanoworld). He chronologically traces the history of the science in order to give readers a basic understanding of lepton, quarks, and gauge bosons, the elementary building blocks underlying atomic structure. He also discusses the ongoing search for the so-called Higgs boson, which must exist if the standard model of particle physics is correct. In addition to providing readers with a basic understanding of these particles, he also aims to show how closely intertwined theoretical and experimental advances have been in the search for them. Annotation c2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
H.G. Dosch is Professor Emeritus of physics at the Institute of Theoretical Physics at the University of Heidelberg. He received his PhD in theoretical physics in 1963 and his thesis advisors were the Nobel laureate J.H. D. Jensen and Berthold Stech. He has coauthored a monograph titled ``Pomeron Physics and QCD.’’
