From Atoms to Quarks

by James S. Trefil

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Equips the general reader having only basic mathematical skills with an understanding of the evolution and present state of particle physics.

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Las funciones de ondas limitadas por el campo eléctrico de los núcleos, ayudan a resolver el dilema del átomo y explican la tabla periódica de los elementos.Los mpropios nucleones obedecen a un tipo de tabla periódica, y siguen las reglas internas que conducen a la idea de los quarks.

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James Trefil was born in Chicago and educated at the University of Illinois, Oxford University, and Stanford University, where he earned a Ph.D. in physics. Currently Clarence H. Robinson Professor of physics at George Mason University, he is among the well-respected scientists who have the skill to translate physics for the general reader into show more prose worthy of an English major. For example, his "meditation trilogy," described below, recounts interesting examples, clear explanations, and the wonder of science in Trefil's beautiful and lively language. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Original publication date
1980

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Science & Nature, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS
539.7Natural sciences & mathematicsPhysicsModern physicsAtomic and nuclear physics
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QC777 .T73SciencePhysicsPhysicsAtomic energy.
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