
Reflections On Experimental Science
Martin Lewis Perl(Editor)
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Published on 1. December 1995
Book
Hardback
552 pages
978-981-02-2429-5 (ISBN)
Description
This is a collection of important lecture and original articles and commentaries by Martin Perl, discoverer of the tau lepton and the third generation of elementary particles, and this year's Nobel Prize winner. This book contains a fascinating and realistic picture of experimental science based on the high energy physics research work carried out by him. Using reprints of his articles with his commentaries, the author presents the various aspects of experimental research in science: the pleasures and risks of experimental work; the pain and frustration with experiments that are useless or fail; the dreaming about experiments that were not carried out; the constant search for innovation and creativity in the work; and the special joy of discovery. The articles and commentaries range from the early days of bubble chambers and spark chambers in the 1950's to the author's present research, experiments at an electron-positron collider and a search for free quarks. The book is for the general reader as well as the scientist.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Singapore
Singapore
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 260 mm
Width: 183 mm
Thickness: 34 mm
Weight
1217 gr
ISBN-13
978-981-02-2429-5 (9789810224295)
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