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Of things visible and invisible : from the atom to quarks -- a historical journey through the conceptual images of matter /

This book highlights the historical roots and important philosophical debates that accompanied the introduction of different theoretical entities. Understanding what we see through objects that we cannot perceive may seem a paradox. Yet it is precisely such elusive objects -- to the point that they...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bruzzaniti, Giuseppe, 1953- (Author)
Other Authors: Bruzzo, U. (Ugo) (Translator)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer, [2026]
Series:History of physics (Springer (Firm)),
Subjects:
Particles (Nuclear physics) > History.
Particules (Physique nucléaire) > Histoire.
Electronic books.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Invisible, Elemental and Indivisible
  • The Dream of Unity
  • A New Order
  • Corpuscles, Electrons and Metabolons: New Pictures of Matter
  • Bizarre Numbers and Late Passions
  • Interlude. Traces of a Revolution: On What There Is
  • Dirac and the Jewel of Physics
  • A Dirty Trick and the Representation of the Invisible
  • Invisible and Heavy
  • The Subnuclear World
  • Interlude. The Magic of Symmetry and the Plague of Groups
  • Quarks: A World Made of Charm, Truth and Beauty
  • The Standard Model.