The Great Design: Particles, Fields, and Creation

Robert Kemp Adair,"The Great Design: Particles, Fields, and Creation"

Oxford University Press, USA | 1987-11-26 | ISBN:0195043804 | 380 pages | Djvu | 4,7 Mb

Adair's aim is to explain the underlying ideas of modern physics to the educated layperson while avoiding mathematics as much as possible. Considering the difficulty of the task, he does a creditable job. Still, there is a fair amount of algebraic notation, using Greek letters and sub- and superscripts, which may intimidate some readers, and the author tacitly assumes familiarity with scientific terminology. This is a good book for anyone who has studied some physics at the undergraduate level but never really grasped its unifying concepts. It is also recommended to readers with a scientific background interested in the present state of the art in quantum mechanics, particle physics, and astrophysics. Harold D. Shane, Mathematics Dept., Baruch Coll. ,