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Author:

Close, F. E.

Title:

The infinity puzzle : quantum field theory and the hunt for an orderly universe / Frank Close.

Publisher:

Basic Books,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

xii, 435 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Quantum field theory.
Higgs bosons.
Infinite.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Prologue : Amsterdam, 1971 -- Genesis. The point of infinity ; Shelter Island and QED ; Feynman, Schwinger, --and Tomonaga (and Dyson) ; Intermission : 1950 ; Abdus Salam : a strong beginning ; Yang, Mills, --and Shaw ; The identity of John Ward ; The marriage of weak and electromagnetic forces-- to 1964 ; Intermission : 1960 ; Broken symmetries ; "The boson that has been named after me," a.k.a., the Higgs Boson ; Intermission : mid-1960s ; 1967 : from Kibble to Salam and Weinberg ; "And now I introduce Mr. 't Hooft" ; Intermission : early 1970s -- Revelation. B.J. and the cosmic quarks ; A comedy of errors ; Intermission : 1975 - Heavy light ; Warmly admired, richly deserved ; The big machine ; Intermission : end of the twentieth century ; To infinity and beyond.

ISBN:

0465021441 (hardback)
9780465021444 (hardback)

LCCN:

2011022966

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)