The God Particle: If the Universe is the Answer, What is the Question? - Rilegato

Lederman, Leon M.; Teresi, Dick

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0593033795 ISBN 13: 9780593033791

Casa editrice: Bantam Press, 1993

Riassunto

Dealing with the fundamental scientific question, "What is the world made of?", Leon Lederman, who shared the physics Nobel Prize in 1988, tells the story of the 2500-year quest for its answer, taking the reader on a journey from the philosophies of the ancient Greeks to the astonishing scientific discoveries of the last 50 years. It was a Greek philosopher in the 5th century BC who guessed that an invisible particle might be the basic building-block of all matter. He called it an "atom" - that which cannot be cut. The past five decades have brought the development of the most complex experimental tool ever built, the particle accelerator, which cuts matter into quarks and leptons, and reveals the forces that drive them. Lederman believes we may be close to discovering the ultimate atom - the "god particle" - which orchestrates the cosmic symphony, and that its discovery may reduce the laws of physics to an equation so simple that it can fit onto a T-shirt.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Bantam Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1993
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0593033795
• ISBN 13: 9780593033791
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 448
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile