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Book SynopsisIntroducing readers to the world of particle physics, Deep Down Things opens new realms within which are many clues to unraveling the mysteries of the universe.
Trade ReviewA fascinating journey into the bizarre, subatomic world of particle physics. PhysOrg.com 2004 Quantum field theory, group theory, Lie algebras, internal symmetry spaces and gauge theory. [Schumm] does a remarkably good job of explaining all this, with a style that is mercifully plain. -- Peter de Groot New Scientist 2005 Explores the world of particle physics in terms laymen can understand. Santa Cruz Sentinel 2005 I expect that any physics undergraduate, bewildered by textbooks and lectures, would find this a delight. -- Stephen Battersby New Scientist 2005 One of several recently published books attempting to provide for interested nonphysicists a relatively nonmathematical account of what has come to be called the standard model of particle physics... Schumm's treatment is perhaps more detailed. Choice 2005 This is definitely a book for your Christmas list, and if it doesn't excite your mathematics colleagues too, they'll miss a treat. -- Rick Marshall School Science Review 2006 This book is beautifully written and is a didactic masterpiece. -- David Watts Science and Christian Belief 2006
Table of ContentsPreface
1. Introduction
2. The True Movers & Shakers: The Forces of Nature
3. The Great Reawakening: The Modern Physics Revolution
4. The Marriage of Relativity & Quantum Theory: Relativistic Quantum Field Theory
5. Patterns in Nature: The Fundamental Building Blocks
6. Mathematical Patterns: Lie Groups
7. The World Within: Internal Symmetries
8. Physics by Pure Thought: Gauge Theory
9. The Current Paradigm: Hidden Symmetry, the Standard Model & the Higgs Boson
10. Into the Unknown: What Lies Ahead
Appendix: Exponential Notation
Notes
Index
