The Discovery Of Subatomic Particles: Scientific American Library Series by Weinberg, Steven - 1983

Oxford, England / New York, New York: Scientific American Books - W. H. Freeman & Co.. Fine in Very Good Dust Jacket. 1983. First Edition: First Printing. Hard Cover. 0716714884 . 006973: Dustjacket now protected by a new Brodart Mylar Cover. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. Printing Number Line (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0) . Boards and pages are clean, unmarked, brightly colored, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Dustjacket is complete but is lightly sun-faded overall. "An absorbing commentary on the discovery of the atom's constituents, this book provides a fascinating account of a sequence of key events in the physics of the twentieth century, leading to the discoveries of the electron, proton and neutron. It also provides an introduction to those fundamentals of classical physics that played crucial roles in these discoveries. Throughout the book, connections are shown between the historic discoveries of subatomic particles and work today at the frontiers of physics, describing the discoveries of new elementary particles up to the present day. " Content Chapters include: A World of Particles * The Discovery of the Electron * The Atomic Scale * The Nucleus * More Particles * Appendices * Tables .