Inward Bound: Of Matter and Forces in the Physical World

摘要: Purpose and plan PART I: 1895-1945: A HISTORY The new rays From uranic to radioactivity first particle Interlude: earliest physiological discoveries Radioactivity's three early puzzles Pitfalls of simplicity ss-spectra 1907-1914 Atomic structure spectral lines 'It was the epoch belief, it incredulity' Nuclear physics' tender age Quantum mechanics, an essay First encounters with symmetry invariance physics: paradox fields, or how particles are made they disappear Battling infinite In which nucleus acquires a constituent, loses old one, reveals forces symmetries, is explored by experimental methods - 1930s II: THE POSTWAR YEARS: MEMOIR Of quantum electrodynamics' triumphs limitations sobering impact physics enters era big machines detectors pion goes through ups downs Onset era: forms matter appear, symmetries crumble Essay on modern times: 1960-83 Being conclusion that starts as epilog ends prolog.