Understanding The Universe: From Quarks To The Cosmos
by Don Lincoln /
2004 / English / PDF
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The Big Bang, the birth of the universe, was a singular event. All
of the matter of the universe was concentrated at a single point,
with temperatures so high that even the familiar protons and
neutrons of atoms did not yet exist, but rather were replaced by a
swirling maelstrom of energy, matter and antimatter. Exotic quarks
and leptons flickered briefly into existence, before merging back
into the energy sea. This book explains the fascinating world of
quarks and leptons and the forces that govern their behavior. Told
from an experimental physicist's perspective, it forgoes
mathematical complexity, using instead particularly accessible
figures and apt analogies. In addition to the story of quarks and
leptons, which are regarded as well-accepted fact, the author who
is a leading researcher at the world's highest energy particle
physics laboratory also discusses mysteries on both the
experimental and theoretical frontier, before tying it all together
with the exciting field of cosmology and indeed the birth of the
universe itself. The text spans the tiny world of the quark to the
depths of the universe with exceptional clarity.
The Big Bang, the birth of the universe, was a singular event. All
of the matter of the universe was concentrated at a single point,
with temperatures so high that even the familiar protons and
neutrons of atoms did not yet exist, but rather were replaced by a
swirling maelstrom of energy, matter and antimatter. Exotic quarks
and leptons flickered briefly into existence, before merging back
into the energy sea. This book explains the fascinating world of
quarks and leptons and the forces that govern their behavior. Told
from an experimental physicist's perspective, it forgoes
mathematical complexity, using instead particularly accessible
figures and apt analogies. In addition to the story of quarks and
leptons, which are regarded as well-accepted fact, the author who
is a leading researcher at the world's highest energy particle
physics laboratory also discusses mysteries on both the
experimental and theoretical frontier, before tying it all together
with the exciting field of cosmology and indeed the birth of the
universe itself. The text spans the tiny world of the quark to the
depths of the universe with exceptional clarity.