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The Particle at the End of the Universe: How the Hunt for the Higgs Boson Leads Us to the Edge of a New World
The Particle at the End of the Universe: How the Hunt for the Higgs Boson Leads Us to the Edge of a New World
by Sean Carroll
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Scientists have just announced an historic discovery on a par with the splitting of the atom: the Higgs boson, the key to understanding why mass exists has been found. In The Particle at the End of the Universe, Caltech physicist and acclaimed writer... (read more)

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Radioactivity: A History of a Mysterious Science
Radioactivity: A History of a Mysterious Science
by Marjorie Caroline Malley
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This is the story of a new science. Beginning with an obscure discovery in 1896, radioactivity led researchers on a quest for understanding that ultimately confronted the intersection of knowledge and mystery. Mysterious from the start, radioactivity... (read more)

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Photon Hadron Interactions (Advanced Book Classics)
Photon Hadron Interactions (Advanced Book Classics)
by Richard Phillips Feynman
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In these classic lectures, Feynman analyses the theoretical questions related to electron and photon interactions at high energies. These lectures are based on a special topics course taught by Feynman at Caltech in 1971 and 1972. The material is dealt... (read more)

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Higgs: The Invention and Discovery of the 'God Particle'
Higgs: The Invention and Discovery of the 'God Particle'
by Jim Baggott
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The hunt for the Higgs particle has involved the biggest, most expensive experiment ever. So what is this particle called the Higgs boson? Why does it matter so much? What does this "God particle" tells us about the Universe? And was finding it really... (read more)

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The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
by Brian Greene
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Brian Greene, one of the world's leading string theorists, peels away layers of mystery to reveal a universe that consists of eleven dimensions, where the fabric of space tears and repairs itself, and all matter—from the smallest quarks to the most... (read more)

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The Quark and the Jaguar: Adventures in the Simple and the Complex
The Quark and the Jaguar: Adventures in the Simple and the Complex
by Murray Gell-mann
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From one of the architects of the new science of simplicity and complexity comes an explanation of the connections between nature at its most basic level and natural selection, archaeology, linguistics, child development, computers, and other complex... (read more)

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Wormwood Forest
Wormwood Forest
by Mary Mycio
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And she is shocked to discover that the area surrounding Chernobyl has become Europe's largest wildlife sanctuary, a flourishing - at times unearthly - wilderness teeming with large animals and a variety of birds, many of them members of rare and... (read more)

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Foundations of Radiation Hydrodynamics (00 Edition)
Foundations of Radiation Hydrodynamics (00 Edition)
by Mihalas
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Largely self contained, this expert three-part treatment focuses on the dynamics of nonradiating fluids; explores the physics of radiation, radiation transport, and the dynamics of radiating fluids; and offers a brief appendix that explains the use... (read more)

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Optical Radiation Detectors (Wiley Series in Pure & Applied Optics)
Optical Radiation Detectors (Wiley Series in Pure & Applied Optics)
by Eustace L. Dereniak
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Optical Radiation Detectors, Eustace L. Dereniak and Devon G. Crowe Offers a comprehensive, integrated treatment of optical radiation detectors, discussing their capabilities and limitations. Background material on radiometry, noise sources, and detector... (read more)

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A Palette of Particles
A Palette of Particles
by Jeremy Bernstein
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From molecules to stars, much of the cosmic canvas can be painted in brushstrokes of primary color: the protons, neutrons, and electrons we know so well. But for meticulous detail, we have to dip into exotic hues--leptons, mesons, hadrons, quarks... (read more)

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A History of the Electron: J. J. and G. P. Thomson
A History of the Electron: J. J. and G. P. Thomson
by Jaume Navarro
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Intellectual biography of J. J. and G. P. Thomson for academics and graduate students, focusing on the concept of the electron.... (read more)

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Forces of Nature 2ND Edition
Forces of Nature 2ND Edition
by P C W Davies
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This is a new edition of Paul Davies' very highly regarded text on high-energy particle physics aimed at the scientifically educated general reader. Since the appearance of the first edition in 1979 there have been many major developments in the field... (read more)

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A Field Guide to Radiation
A Field Guide to Radiation
by Wayne Biddle
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A comprehensive and accessible guide to understanding how radiation affects our everyday lives Nuclear energy, X-rays, radon, cell phones . . . radiation is part of the way we live on a daily basis, and yet the sources and repercussions of our exposure... (read more)

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Massive: The Missing Particle That Sparked the Greatest Hunt in Science
Massive: The Missing Particle That Sparked the Greatest Hunt in Science
by Ian Sample
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The biggest science story of our time, Massive spans four decades, weaving together the personal narratives and international rivalries behind the search for the “God" particle, or Higgs boson. A story of grand ambition, intense competition... (read more)

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Structure of the Proton: Deep Inelastic Scattering (Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics)
Structure of the Proton: Deep Inelastic Scattering (Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics)
by R. G. Roberts
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This book describes our present knowledge of protons and neutrons. Experiments using high-energy electrons, muons, and neutrinos reveal that the proton is made up of point-like constituents, i.e. quarks. The strong forces that bind quarks together... (read more)

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Synchrotron Radiation (Advanced Texts in Physics)
Synchrotron Radiation (Advanced Texts in Physics)
by Helmut Wiedemann
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In this book the characteristics of synchrotron radiation, including insertion device radiation, are described and derived from first principles. The reader is first introduced to the subject in an intuitive way in order to gain familiarity with the... (read more)

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Detectors for Particle Radiation
Detectors for Particle Radiation
by Konrad Kleinknecht
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This book, based on a course given by the author at the University of Dortmund for many years, describes the physical principles used in devices for the detection of charged particles and gamma radiation, and the construction and performance of particle... (read more)

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Cambridge Monographs on Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics an #23: Quark-Gluon Plasma
Cambridge Monographs on Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics an #23: Quark-Gluon Plasma
by Kohsuke Yagi
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This book introduces quark gluon-plasma (QGP) as a primordial matter composed of quarks and gluons, created at the time of the "Big Bang". After a pedagogical introduction to gauge theories, various aspects of quantum chromodynamic phase transitions are... (read more)

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Cold and Ultracold Collisions in Quantum Microscopic and Mesoscopic Systems
Cold and Ultracold Collisions in Quantum Microscopic and Mesoscopic Systems
by John Weiner
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This book describes collisions between atoms that have been cooled to extremely low temperatures by optical and evaporative cooling techniques. The author reviews the elements of the quantum theory of scattering, and summarizes the theory and... (read more)

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Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics #72: Polarization Bremsstrahlung on Atoms, Plasmas, Nanostructures and Solids
Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics #72: Polarization Bremsstrahlung on Atoms, Plasmas, Nanostructures and Solids
by Valeriy Astapenko
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The book is devoted to the modern theory and experimental manifestation of Polarization Bremsstrahlung (PB) which arises due to scattering of charged particles from various targets: atoms, nanostructures (including atomic clusters, nanoparticle in... (read more)

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