The discovery of subatomic particles / Steven Weinberg.

By: Weinberg, Steven, 1933-.

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BookPublisher: New York : W.H. Freeman, 1990Description: xix, 222 p., [2] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 071672121X .Subject(s): Particles (Nuclear physics)

DDC classification: 539.72

Contents:

A world of particles -- The discovery of the electron -- the atomic scale -- The nucleus -- More particles.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Lending	MTU Bishopstown Library Lending	539.72 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00012157

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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A world of particles -- The discovery of the electron -- the atomic scale -- The nucleus -- More particles.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Born in New York City, Steven Weinberg was a high school and college classmate of Sheldon Glashow; both attended the Bronx High School of Science and Cornell University. Although Weinberg has made contributions as a theoretical physicist in cosmology, quantum scattering, and the quantum theory of gravitation, he is most widely known for his work with Sheldon Glashow and Abdus Salam, with whom he shared the 1979 Nobel Prize in physics. Weinberg received a share of this honor for his formulation of the theory that unifies the relationship between the weak force and the electromagnetic force, including the capability to predict the weak neutral current. After receiving a Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1957, Weinberg held postdoctoral positions at Columbia University from 1957 to 1959, the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory from 1959 to 1960, the University of California at Berkeley from 1960 to 1966, Harvard University from 1966 to 1967, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1967 to 1969. He is married to a law professor, and they have one daughter. (Bowker Author Biography)