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In Search of the Ultimate Building Blocks Paperback - 1996

by Gerard 'T Hooft


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From 1960 until 1990 theoretical physicists and experimentalists worked together to probe deeper and deeper into the basic structure of matter, moving closer to an understanding of the ultimate building blocks of the universe. Gerard 't Hooft was closely involved in many of the advances in modern theoretical physics that led to improved understanding of elementary particles, and this is a first-hand account of one of the most creative and exciting periods of discovery in the history of physics. Using language a layperson can understand, this narrative touches on many central topics and ideas, such as quarks and quantum physics; supergravity, superstrings and superconductivity; the Standard Model and grand unification; eleven-dimensional space time and black holes. This fascinating personal account of the past thirty years in one of the most dramatic areas in twentieth-century physics will be of interest to professional physicists and physics students, as well as the educated general reader with an interest in one of the most exciting scientific detective stories ever.

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This is a first-hand account of one of the most creative and exciting periods of discovery in the history of physics. From 1960 until 1990 theoreticians and experimentalists worked together to probe deeper and deeper into the basic structure of reality, moving closer and closer to an understanding of the ultimate building blocks from which everything in the universe is made.

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  • Title In Search of the Ultimate Building Blocks
  • Author Gerard 'T Hooft
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 208
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
  • Date 1996-11-28
  • ISBN 9780521578837 / 0521578833
  • Weight 0.72 lbs (0.33 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.02 x 6 x 0.53 in (22.91 x 15.24 x 1.35 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Standard model (Nuclear physics)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 96031468
  • Dewey Decimal Code 539.754
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