
Forces of Nature
P. C. W. Davies(Author)
Cambridge University Press
2nd Edition
Published on 31. July 1986
Book
Paperback/Softback
184 pages
978-0-521-31392-6 (ISBN)
Description
This is a new edition of Paul Davies' very highly regarded text on high-energy particle physics aimed at the scientifically educated general reader. Since the appearance of the first edition in 1979 there have been many major developments in the field, and the author has taken this opportunity to bring the text completely up to date. Paul Davies includes details of one of the most significant of these developments, the experimental discovery in 1983 of the W and Z intermediate vector bosons, and discusses the implications for the eventual unification of the four forces of nature. In addition to this, the discovery of the top and bottom quarks, the details and predictions of modern grand unified theories (GUTs), and the application of the results of high-energy physics to studies of the very early universe are all included.
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Edition
2. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 170 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
329 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-31392-6 (9780521313926)
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07/1986
Cambridge University Press
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Forces of Nature
Book
07/1986
Cambridge University Press
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Person
Paul Davies taught high school science for 23 years and currently drives buses to pay the bills. He is on the pastoral team of the Ancient Wells Healing Rooms in Adelaide, Australia, which gives him the chance to "play" from time to time - his term for ministering in the power of the Lord. Raised a Sydney Anglican, he discovered God was "still doing stuff" in the '80s and has been pursuing more of the Lord's presence and power ever since. He lives in Adelaide with three of his kids and dog (who is a terrible conversationalist).
Content
Preface; 1. forces and fields; 2. The structure of matter; 3. Inside the nucleus; 4. Nuclear forces; 5. Symmetry in the microworld; 6. The road to unification; Index.