Martinus Veltman (–2021)

Author of Facts and Mysteries in Elementary Particle Physics

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About the Author

Martinus Veltman, born in 1931 in Waalwijk, the Netherlands, studied at the University of Utrecht. He started as a fellow at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland, and later became Professor of Theoretical Physics in Utrecht. Together with his then student't Hooft he developed the mathematical implementation show more of gauge theories. In 1977 he deduced an equation that allowed a prediction of the mass of the top quark. In 1981 he accepted a position at the University of Michigan. After retirement he moved back to the Netherlands. The top quark with a mass as predicted was found at Fermilab in 1995, and in 1999 't Hooft and Veltman were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics, "for elucidating the quantum structure of electroweak interactions in physics". show less

Includes the name: Martinus J.G. Veltman

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Works by Martinus Veltman

Diagrammatica: The Path to Feynman Diagrams (1994) 32 copies

IL BOSONE DI HIGGS — Author — 2 copies

Elementaire deeltjes fysica 1 copy

Lie Groups in Physics 1 copy

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Associated Works

The Rise of the Standard Model: Particle Physics in the 1960s and 1970s (1997) — Contributor — 8 copies

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Date of death: 2021-01-04
Gender: male
Nationality: Netherlands
Awards and honors: Nobel Prize (Physics, 1999)

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Facts and Mysteries in Elementary Particle Physics by M. G. Veltman

This is a great introduction to particle physics. Although this book falls into the genre of "popular science" - books written for the lay person rather than for the scientist - it is nevertheless suitable for those wh are familar with physics. I read it as part of an honors designation in one of my university physics classes, but the book itself requires considerably less math than the textbooks used for my classes.

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AliciaBooks | 2 other reviews | Jan 29, 2022 |

Facts and Mysteries in Elementary Particle Physics by Martinus Veltman

A book about the Standard Model of elementary particle physics by a Nobel prize winning contributor to its development. Written from a very pragmatic point of view, with much focus on experimental verification of various parts of the model prior to them becoming "standard". The book is sprinkled with wonderful personal recollections and anecdotes and is worth reading just for that.

The non-technical explanations of some fundamental aspects of modern physics are full of tropes common to the popular physics literature. Unfortunately, IMHO, many of these tropes are sub-optimal as explanations and often produce more confusion than clarity in the layman.… (more)

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igor.kh | 2 other reviews | Apr 3, 2011 |