4. The Nature of the Evidence

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Figures ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. 1. Hidden Worlds: The Search for Quarks in Ordinary Matter 1
6. 2. The Rise and Fall (for the Right Reasons) and Rise Again of the Quark Hypothesis 15
7. 3. The Players and the Stage 33
8. 4. The Nature of the Evidence 51
9. 5. Measuring a Rainbow 68
10. 6. Particle Taxonomy and Quark Soup 90
11. 7. The Shape of Things 109
12. 8. Three Quarks Plus 131
13. 9. Digging a Little Deeper 148
14. 10. A New Age of Exploration within the Hidden World 161
15. Glossary 165
16. Index 175