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The Infinity Puzzle : Quantum Field Theory and the Hunt for an Orderly Universe by Frank E Close is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Infinity Puzzle : Quantum Field Theory and the Hunt for an Orderly Universe about?
Prologue: Amsterdam, 1971 -- 1. The point of infinity -- 2. Shelter Island and QED -- 3. Feynman, Schwinger ... and Tomonaga (and Dyson) -- Intermission: 1950 -- 4. Abdus Salam: a strong beginning -- 5. Yang, Mills ... and Shaw -- 6. The identity of John Ward -- 7. The marriage of weak and electromagnetic forces -- to 1964 -- Intermission, 1960 -- 8. Broken symmetries -- 9. "The boson that has been named after me", a.k.a the Higgs Boson -- Intermission, Mid-1960s -- 10. 1967: from Kibble to Salam and Weinberg -- 11. "And now I introduce Mr. 't Hoof" -- Intermission: Early 1970s -- 13. B.J. and the cosmic quarks -- 13. A comedy of errors -- Intermission: 1975 -- 14. Heavy light -- 15. Warmly admired, richly deserved -- 16. The big machine -- Intermission: End of the twentieth century -- 17. To infinity and beyond -- Epilogue: the bonfire of the infinities.;"The second half of the twentieth century witnessed a scientific gold rush, as physicists raced to chart the inner workings of the atom. While many of its mysteries came unraveled, one remained intractable--the "Infinity Puzzle." Although quantum field theory offered a powerful explanatory framework for elementary particle physics
Who reads The Infinity Puzzle : Quantum Field Theory and the Hunt for an Orderly Universe?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Frank E Close
- Publisher
- Basic Books, A Member of the Perseus Books Group
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780465063826
- Category
- nonfiction
