This self-contained text describes breakthroughs in our understanding of the structure and interactions of elementary particles. It provides students of theoretical or experimental physics with the background material to grasp the significance of these developments.

Going beyond traditional textbook topics, 'A Modern Course in Statistical Physics' incorporates contemporary research in a basic course on statistical mechanics. From the universal nature of matter to the latest results in the spectral properties of decay processes, this book emphasizes the theoretical foundations derived from thermodynamics and probability theory underlying al...(展开全部)

Supersymmetry represents the culmination of the search for fundamental symmetries that has dominated particle physics for 50 years. Traditionally, the constituents of matter (fermions) were regarded as different from the particles (bosons) transmitting the forces between them. In supersymmetry, fermions and bosons are unified. Intended for graduate students in particle physics,...(展开全部)

Recounts the history of the post-war conceptual development of elementary-particle physics. Inviting a reappraisal of the status of scientific knowledge, the text suggests that scientists are not mere passive observers and reporters of nature. Rather they are social beings as well as active constructors of natural phenomena who engage in both experimental and theoretical practi...(展开全部)

A comprehensive overview of modern particle physics, which seeks to be accessible to anyone with a true passion for wanting to know how the universe works. We are introduced to the known particles of the world we live in. An explanation of quantum mechanics and relativity paves the way for an understanding of the laws that govern particle physics. These laws are put into action...(展开全部)

M·威特曼，教授生于1931年。1963年获得博士学位以后，正式进入粒子物理的理论研究工作直至1997年退休。1970年前后，威特曼和他的研究生特？霍夫特在描写基本粒子的电弱相互作用的理论研究中取得了突破性的进展。他们证明了非阿贝耳规范理论可以重正化，从而消除了在量子场论中使人困惑的无穷大，得到了有意义的理论结果。这一开创性的工作为著名的电弱统一理论标准模型的建立以及其后许多惊人的实验发现奠定了一个坚实的基础。为此他们在1999年共享了诺贝尔物理学奖。