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Elementary Particles
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Chen Ning Yang
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English
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2015
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Dr. Yang reviews the history of our knowledge of the elementary particles, and shows how theory and experiment interact to extend human knowledge.
Originally published in 1961.
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Vanuxem Lecturers at Princeton University
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July 25, 2016
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9781400877287
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Keywords for this book
Meson; Cosmic ray; Photon; Weak interaction; Neutrino; Quantum mechanics; Atomic nucleus; Elementary particle; Positron; Neutron; Antiparticle; Electric charge; Cloud chamber; Strangeness; Neutral particle; Bubble chamber; Cathode ray; Physicist; Niels Bohr; Antimatter; Strong interaction; Nucleon; J. J. Thomson; Particle physics; Atomic physics; Planck constant; Atomic theory; Discovery of the neutron; Cosmotron; Correspondence principle; Lepton number; Speed of light; Multiplet; Coulomb's law; Special relativity; Hermann Weyl; Louis de Broglie; George Gamow; Scattering; Rutherford model; Antineutron; Max Planck; Zeeman effect; Boson; Bevatron; Cyclotron; Theoretical physics; Physical law; Polonium; Classical mechanics; Inverse-square law; Massless particle; Classical physics; Ionization; Electron configuration; Nuclear physics; Paul Dirac; Charged particle; Muon; Ernst Mach; Alhazen; Otto Struve; Conservation law; Atom; Nuclear timescale; Lepton; Philipp Frank; Black-body radiation; Illustration; Enrico Fermi
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For an expert adult audience, including professional development and academic research
