Mass : the quest to understand matter from Greek atoms to quantum fields /
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press (GBP),
2017.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Mass: The quest to understand matter from Greek atoms to quantum fields; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; List of Figures; About the Author; Part I. ATOM AND VOID; 1. The Quiet Citadel; Five things we learned; 2. Things-in-Themselves; Five things we learned; 3. An Impression of Force; Five things we learned; 4. The Sceptical Chymists; Five things we learned; Part II. MASS AND ENERGY; 5. A Very Interesting Conclusion; Five things we learned; 6. Incommensurable; Five things we learned; 7. The Fabric; Five things we learned; 8. In the Heart of Darkness; Five things we learned
- PART III. WAVE AND PARTICLE9. An Act of Desperation; Five things we learned; 10. The Wave Equation; Five things we learned; 11. The Only Mystery; Five things we learned; 12. Mass Bare and Dressed; Five things we learned; PART IV. FIELD AND FORCE; 13. The Symmetries of Nature; Five things we learned; 14. The Goddamn Particle; Five things we learned; 15. The Standard Model; Five things we learned; 16. Mass Without Mass; Five things we learned; EPILOGUE; ENDNOTES; Preface; Chapter 1: The Quiet Citadel; Chapter 2: Things-in-Themselves; Chapter 3: An Impression of Force
- Chapter 4: The Sceptical ChymistsChapter 5: A Very Interesting Conclusion; Chapter 6: Incommensurable; Chapter 7: The Fabric; Chapter 8: In the Heart of Darkness; Chapter 9: An Act of Desperation; Chapter 10: The Wave Equation; Chapter 11: The Only Mystery; Chapter 12: Mass Bare and Dressed; Chapter 13: The Symmetries of Nature; Chapter 14: The Goddamn Particle; Chapter 15: The Standard Model; Chapter 16: Mass Without Mass; Epilogue; GLOSSARY; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; Anthologies; Biographies; Cosmology; General; History and Philosophy; Quantum Theory; Particle Physics
- PUBLISHER'S ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSINDEX; The Quantum Story: A history in 40 moments; Physics: A short history from quintessence to quarks; Neutrino; Origins