The New Cosmic Onion: Quarks and the Nature of the Universe pdf

Frank Close nació en 1945 DC en Peterborough, fue galardonado con el OBE, es profesor de física en la Universidad de Oxford y miembro del Exeter College. Es autor de varios libros superventas como: The Lucifer Legacy, Particle Physics: A Very Short Introduction, The New Cosmic Onion, The Particle Explosion, The End, Extremely Thorny y "The Particle Saga" y "Antimateria". Logró varios logros, entre ellos: - Orden del Imperio Británico con rango de oficial. Beca del Instituto de Física en 1991. Premio Kelvin en 1996. - Vicepresidente de la Asociación Británica para el Avance de la Ciencia 1993-99. - Jefe del equipo británico en la Olimpiada Internacional de Física desde 2003. - Premio Michael Faraday en 2013.

The New Cosmic Onion: Quarks and the Nature of the Universe pdf por Frank Close

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, has been translated into seven languages, and propelled the author to become a recognized popular science celebrity around the world. Much has changed since the original publication in 1983, and The New Cosmic Onion was extensively revised and updated to reflect our new view of the universe. Keeping the best contents from the previous work, this new edition includes extensive new material explaining the scientific challenges at the start of this century.