The charm of physics

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• Series Introduction = ⅶ
• Preface = ⅸ
• THE LIFE OF A PHYSICIST
• Elementary-Particle Physics and Me = 3
• Internal Exile in California = 10
• The Mysteries of Matter with Peter Costa = 16
• THE WORLD OF SCIENCE
• A Peek at the Universe = 27
• Life on Log Time = 42
• The Number Game = 55
• Welcome to UBS = 59
• Are We Alone in the Universe? = 74
• The Big Picture = 93
• THE WORK OF A THEORIST : ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
• What Is an Elementary Particle? = 109
• The Hunting of the Quark = 126
• Quarks with Color and Flavor = 141
• The Invention and Discovery of the Charmed Quark = 164
• Antineutrinos and Geology = 168
• Elementary-Particle Physics as a Waste of Time and Money = 171
• Does Elementary-Particle Physics Have a Futrue? = 179
• Big Things, Little Things = 192
• THE WORK OF A THEORIST : GRAND UNIFICATION
• Towarks a Unified Theory : Threads in a Tapestry = 203
• Unified Theory of Elementary-Particle Forces / with Howard Georgi = 214
• Grand Unification = 239
• On the Way to a Unified Field Theory = 248
• Tangled in Superstring with Ben Bova = 252
• Grand Unification and the Future of Physics = 257
• THE PHYSICIST AND SOCIETY
• SSC : Machine for the Nineties with Leon M. Lederman = 265
• Passing the Torch = 285
• Teaching the Lowest Common Denominator = 288
• Science and Violence = 291
• Acknowledgments = 295
• Index = 391
• About the Author