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The Big Bang, the birth of the universe, was a singular event. All of the matter of the universe was concentrated at a single point, with temperatures so high that even the familiar protons and neutrons of atoms did not yet exist, but rather were replaced by a swirling maelstrom of energy, matter and antimatter. Exotic quarks and leptons flickered briefly into existence, before merging back into the energy sea. This book explains the fascinating world of quarks and leptons and the forces that govern their behavior. Told from an experimental physicist's perspective, it forgoes mathematical complexity, using instead particularly accessible figures and apt analogies. In addition to the story of quarks and leptons, which are regarded as well-accepted fact, the author who is a leading researcher at the world's highest energy particle physics laboratory also discusses mysteries on both the experimental and theoretical frontier, before tying it all together with the exciting field of cosmology and indeed the birth of the universe itself. The text spans the tiny world of the quark to the depths of the universe with exceptional clarity.

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Book category Books in English Mathematics & science Physics Atomic & molecular physics

• Full title: Understanding The Universe: From Quarks To The Cosmos
• Author: Don Lincoln
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 592
• EAN: 9789812387059
• ISBN: 9812387056
• ID: 05067684
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
• Weight: 840 g
• Dimensions: 226 × 153 × 30 mm
• Date of publishing: 10. May 2004

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