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02942cam a2200445 a 4500 001 CE2F343A2B0111DE8159B907A8D7520A 005 20240309011342 008 020819s2002 enka b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2002512235 020 $a 9780198504863 020 $a 0198504861 035 $a (OCoLC)49204361 040 $a YUS $c YUS $d SILO $d DLC $d ORU $d IQU $d WSL $d NIU $d SILO 050 4 $a QC793.2 $b .C57 2002 082 04 $a 539.72 $2 21 100 1 $a Close, F. E. 245 1 $a The particle odyssey : $b a journey to the heart of the matter / $c Frank Close, Michael Marten, Christine Sutton. 246 30 $a Journey to the heart of the matter 250 $a New ed. 260 $a Oxford [England] ; New York : $b Oxford University Press, $c 2002. 300 $a vii, 240 p. : $b ill. (some col.) ; $c 30 cm. 500 $a "First edition published under the title The particle explosion 1987"--T.p. verso. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 234) and index. 520 $a With more than three hundred illustrations, The particle odyssey takes us on an exhilarating tour of the subatomic world. The pictures here are truly marvelous--over 100 of the best images ever taken of particle 'events'--mysterious, abstract, often beautiful photographs of the tracks of subatomic particles as they speed, curve, dance, or explode through cloud and bubble chambers, stacks of photographic emulsion, and giant multi-element detectors. There are illustrations of spiraling electrons, the tell-tale 'vees' of strange particles, matter and antimatter born from raw energy, energetic jets of particles spraying out from the decay points of quarks and gluons. Complementing the illustrations is a vividly written account of the key experiments and fundamental discoveries that have led to our current understanding of the nature of the universe. There are individual portraits of all the major subatomic particles, from the electron to the newly discovered top quark. The authors describe the history of experimental particle physics: its origins in the discovery of X-rays in 1895; the dissection of the atom by Rutherford and others; the unexpected revelations of the cosmic rays; the discovery of quarks and the rise of the 'standard model' in the last part of the 20th century. 650 0 $a Particles (Nuclear physics) $v Popular works. 650 0 $a Nuclear physics $x History $v Popular works. 700 1 $a Marten, Michael 700 1 $a Sutton, Christine. 700 1 $a Close, F. E. $t Particle explosion. 939 $a 4642194 941 $a 7 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20240702014950.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20220706015313.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=CE2F343A2B0111DE8159B907A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b NIU 952 $l O3AX572 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l OMAX631 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l W7AX771 $d 20090701080000.0Initiate Another SILO Locator Search