The New Cosmic Onion: Quarks and the Nature of the Universe by Frank Close (PDF)

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Not since Newton’s apple has there been a physics phenomenon as deliciously appealing to the masses as Frank Close’s Cosmic Onion. Widely embraced by scientists and laypersons alike, the book quickly became an international bestseller. Translated into seven languages, it propelled the author to become a worldwide celebrity as well as an inspiration to a generation of scientists. The book’s title itself has entered popular usage as a metaphor for the layers that can be peeled away to understand the foundations of the physical world, from dimensions and galaxies, to atoms and quarks. “Close is a lucid, reliable, and enthusiastic guide to the strange and wonderful microcosmic world that dwells deep within reality” ― Frank Wilczek, Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics, MIT, 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics NEW MaterialExplains the principles behind the Hadron Collider as well as the potential it presents Considers the recent development of the Electroweak Theory as a law of natureExplores the mysteries uncovered and the ones that may be in store with regard to top and bottom quarks Keeping still-pertinent contents from the original volume that caught the world’s attention in 1983, this fresh edition of the Cosmic Onion includes extensive new material to reflect new views of the universe. Providing explanations that explore the foundations of 21st Century science and future directions, this work offers ready access and unique perspectives to more typical topics such as the forces of nature, atoms, the nucleus, and nuclear particles. It also travels down paths that only a true pioneer and educator can venture, such as a discussion of what Professor Close refers to as the Eightfold Way including the findings, surprises, and new questions emerging from the latest work with accelerators.

User’s Reviews

Editorial Reviews: Review “… it is correspondingly rewarding to readers who work their way through it. Using diagrams, analogies, and simplified versions of complicated mathematics, the author largely follows the historical order of discovery. … Widely accepted information is explained in terms of widely accepted concepts, and the reader is assured that it comes with no strings attached. … Summing up: Highly recommended .” ― D. Park, emeritus, Williams College, in Choice, Vol. 44, No. 11, July 2007 “There seems little doubt that this version of The New Cosmic Onion will prove just as popular as the 1983 edition and encourage many of today’s students to apply for physics undergraduate courses.” – G. Miller, St. Paul’s School, in Contemporary Physics, November 2007″. . . you get a text which is lucid, engaging and accurate . . . Overall what one gets with this text is an excellent accessible introduction to particle physics and quantumchromodynamics (QCD) which will serve both the pre-university and university markets.” – Gren Ireson, Loughborough University, in Physical Science Educational Review, 2007, Vol. 8, No. 1“New accelerators are being built that will show how the seeds of matter were created when our universe was less than a billionth of a second old. The discoveries in this century promise to be no less revolutionary than in the last . . . The New Cosmic Onion will provide the explanations that students, opinion formers and intelligent citizens need if they are to understand how science has come to this frontier, and where we think it is headed in the immediate future.” from the Foreword

Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:

⭐I was surprised this was a used book. It was in perfect condition. There wasn’t a mark or crease or blemish on it. Arrived very quickly, too. As to the content, this book is one of the clearest descriptions of what is currently known about quantum mechanics. I am not a scientist, but Frank Close’s writing is very accessible to the layperson. I highly recommend this book, if you are quantum mechanics curious, but not a physicist. Heck, even if you are a physicist, this book is a great example on how to communicate difficult subject matter to the public. Very well written.

⭐Like, reading

⭐This book is a great overview of the current understanding of Quantum Physics. Franks writing style makes this an enjoyable read.

⭐book is what I expected

⭐The book was much like attending a class. The only thing missing was a chance to ask questions. It got me a lot further along in understanding particle physics.

⭐good

⭐Frank Close describes the evolution of the understanding of elementary particle physics within a historical context. He lays out, step by step, the interactions between theorists and experimentalists as various ideas for the structure and interaction of elementary particles are put forward and tested. He does this with a minimum of higher mathematics, with matrix multiplication constituting the most sophisticated mathematical concept used in this book. At no point does the reader even need an understanding of calculus. Nevertheless, I believe that the author’s treatment would still be more satisfying to readers who, at the very least, enjoyed their math and science courses in high school and college. For those who have received good grades in freshman and sophomore-level college physics and math courses intended for science and engineering majors, this book should certainly be understandable. For even science and engineering Ph.D.s who work outside of the area of particle physics, however, this book is still challenging and requires a deal of patience to make one’s way through numerous difficult concepts.One aspect of this book that I found particularly engaging was that of the author’s description of the experiments used in exploring the structure of fundamental particles. The section, that explains how the configuration of “jets” of particles (resulting from high-energy particle collisions) are used to extract the properties of quarks, is uniquely helpful and different from what I have found in other books. See especially Fig.7.5, p.100, for a very useful diagram illustrating the interpretation of such “jets.”

⭐great lecture series

⭐This is a really excellent read. It is very well laid out, with a clear thread running through the narrative. The book keeps strictly to well proven science, and does not wander off into the realms of exotic theories which abound these days. However it brings the reader fully up-to-date with particle physics and the reasons for building the Large Hadron Collider.

⭐Ore difficult than I was expecting but highly informative none the less.

⭐The bible, a must for all science students or general public.

⭐Well written, understandable book.

⭐Si tratta di un ottimo testo divulgativo di cosmologia che fa un limitato ricorso alla matematica, quindi adatto anche agli studenti del primo anno delle facoltà scientifiche; tuttavia la veste grafica è troppo economica, e non vi è neanche una illustrazione a colori, nonostante il prezzo decisamente elevato di quest’edizione.

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