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Pollock, Steven.

Particle physics for non-physicists : a tour of the microcosmos / Steven Pollock.

Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., ©2003.

12 audio discs : analog ; 4 3/4 in. + 2 guidebooks.

Discover how something as minute as a subatomic particle can be marvelously complex and interesting, yet rendered comprehensible, in this enjoyable presentation by the University of Colorado's award-winning author, researcher, and teacher Steven Pollock.

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Part 1. The nature of physics -- The standard model of particle physics -- The pre-history of particle physics -- The birth of modern physics -- Quantum mechanics gets serious -- New particles and new technologies -- Weak interactions and the neutrino -- Accelerators and the particle explosion -- The particle "zoo" -- Fields and forces -- "Three quarks for Muster Mark" -- From quarks to QCD -- Part 2. Symmetry and conservation laws -- Broken symmetry, shattered mirrors -- The November revolution of 1974 -- A new generation -- Weak forces and the Standard Model -- The greatest success story in physics -- The Higgs particle -- The solar neutrino puzzle -- Back to the future. 1, Experiments to come -- Back to the future. 2, Puzzles and progress -- Really big stuff--the origin of the universe -- Looking back and looking foward.

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9781565856295

9781490677668

1490677666

Course no. 1247

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