Editors Laurie Brown, Max Dresden, Lillian Hoddeson and Michael Riordan have brought together a distinguished group of elementary particle physicists and historians of science to explore the recent history of particle physics. Based on a conference held at Stanford University, this is the third volume of a series recounting the history of particle physics and offers the most up-to-date account of the rise of the Standard Model, which explains the microstructure of the world in terms of quarks and leptons and their interactions. Major contributors include Steven Weinberg, Murray Gell-Mann, Michael Redhead, Silvan Schweber, Leon Lederman and John Heilbron. The wide-ranging articles explore the detailed scientific experiments, the institutional settings in which they took place, and the ways in which the many details of the puzzle fit together to account for the Standard Model.

This volume explores the rise of the Standard Model in modern particle physics.
Reviews
'... a beautifully produced collection of essays by most of the leading scientists involved - including no fewer than eight Nobel laureates - and several eminent historians ... both practitioners and knowledgeable bystanders can draw inspiration from these reflections on what may turn out to have been the golden age of particle physics.' Graham Farmelo, New Scientist
'The volume is informative and useful to historians of physics.' Helge Kragh, Centaurus
'... this book is ... worthwhile , timely and valuable.' R. Barlow, European Journal of Physics



Book Information
ISBN 9780521578165
Author Lillian Hoddeson
Format Paperback
Page Count 748
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 1177g
Dimensions(mm) 236mm * 160mm * 45mm