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The Fundamental Constants

Name: The Fundamental Constants
Author: Harald Fritzsch, Gregory Stodolsky

A Mystery of Physics

Harald Fritzsch,

Gregory Stodolsky,

216 pages
English
ePUB (mobile friendly)
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eBook - ePub

The Fundamental Constants

A Mystery of Physics

Harald Fritzsch,

Gregory Stodolsky,

About this book

The speed of light, the fine structure constant, and Newton's constant of gravity — these are just three among the many physical constants that define our picture of the world. Where do they come from? Are they constant in time and across space? In this book, physicist and author Harald Fritzsch invites the reader to explore the mystery of the fundamental constants of physics in the company of Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, and a modern-day physicist. The conversation that the three scientists are imagined to have provides an entertaining introduction to the constants and covers topics ranging from atomic, nuclear, and particle physics to astrophysics and cosmology.

Contents:

The Constants of Nature
Elementary Interactions Elementary Interactions and Quantum Theory
Atomic Nuclei and Particles
Big Accelerators
Colorful Quarks and Gluons
The Standard Model
The Standard Model and the Natural Constants
The Grand Unification
In the Garden of San Marino
On the Road to El Captain Beach
In Esalen
At the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
A Strange Big Bang

Readership: General, students and researchers in physics.

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