A look inside the atom -- The unified theory of electricity and magnetism -- The strong interaction -- How many elementary particles? -- Mesons, baryons, and quarks -- The proton is X-rayed in California -- A strange new quark -- Particles with charm and a new force -- Red, green, and blue quarks -- A theory of hadrons called QCD -- Chromoelectric confinement of color -- Chromomagnetic forces -- The fine structure of quarks -- A surprise at PETRA: quarks become "visible" -- Smashing the proton -- How to "see" gluons -- Weak interactions of leptons and quarks -- The unified theory of electroweak processes -- Does physics come to an end? -- The future of the high-energy physics program.
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