Download Particle Physics for Non-Physicists: A Tour of the Microcosmos AudioBook Free
Do you want to understand how the universe works? Experts have been asking that question for some time and have found that many of the answers can be found in the study of particle physics, the field that targets those impossibly little debris with unbelievably strange names - the hadrons and leptons, baryons and mesons, muons and gluons - so mystifying to ordinary people. And today, in a remarkable and accessible series of 24 lectures, you may take the mystery out of the amazing field that in mere 100 years has unlocked the secrets of the essential forces of characteristics. Professor Pollock will make you acquainted with the fundamental debris that define all subject, from the tiniest microbe to sunlight and stars. And you'll also learn the "rules of the game" - the causes that drive those debris and the ways that they have interaction - that underlie the workings of the universe. The lectures have been designed to be enriching for everybody, regardless of scientific background or mathematical ability. Practically all you will need as you type in this interesting world are your interest, good sense, and, as Professor Pollock records, "an open mind for the occasional quantum weirdness." Since you move through the lectures, you'll also gain an understanding of how those debris fit into possibly the greatest scientific theory of all time: the typical Style of particle physics; a understanding of key terms like "gauge symmetry," "quantum chromodynamics," and "unified quantum field Theory;" and an understanding of how particle physics ties in with other branches of physics - including cosmology and quantum technicians - to create our overall understanding of nature.
