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| Genre/Form: | Constitution |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Leon M Lederman; Dick Teresi |
| ISBN: | 0385312113 9780385312110 |
| OCLC Number: | 29839853 |
| Notes: | "February 1994"--T.p. verso. "Delta trade paperbacks." "A Delta book"--T.p. verso. Originally published as hbk.: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, c1993. |
| Description: | 434 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | The invisible soccer ball -- The first particle physicist -- Interlude A : a tale of two cities -- Looking for the atom : the mechanics -- Still looking for the atom : chemists and electricians -- The naked atom -- Interlude B : the dancing Moo-Shu masters -- Accelerators : they smash atoms, don't they? -- Interlude C : how we violated parity in a weekend and discovered God -- A-tom! -- The god particle at last -- Inner space, outer space, and the time before time. |
| Responsibility: | Leon Lederman, with Dick Teresi ; [drawings by Mary Reilly] |
Abstract:
The world's foremost experimental physicist uses humor, metaphor, and storytelling to delve into the mysteries of matter, discussing the as-yet-to-be-discovered god particle.
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