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Particle physics for non-physicists, a tour of the microcosmos, Steven Pollock

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Particle physics for non-physicists, a tour of the microcosmos, Steven Pollock

Language

eng

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videorecording

Main title

Particle physics for non-physicists

Medium

videorecording

Responsibility statement

Steven Pollock

Runtime

720

Series statement

The great courses

Sub title

a tour of the microcosmos

Summary

This two-part series explains, in easily accessible terms, the discovery of the infinitely small particles-the quarks and neutrinos, muons and bosons-that make up everything in nature, from microbes to stars. It covers the nature and functions of the individual particles, and their roles in the Standard Model of particle physics (a theory that is as much a masterpiece in science as Shakespeare's works are in literature). The lectures also trace the history of particle physics as a science, and the dedicated scientists and complex technology that have made this branch of physics so profoundly productive and important. This course provides a framework to understand such cutting-edge physics research as gravity waves, dark matter, and string theory.

Table Of Contents

Lecture 1. The nature of physics -- lecture 2. The standard model of particle physics -- lecture 3. The pre-history of particle physics -- lecture 4. The birth of modern physics -- lecture 5. Quantum mechanics gets serious -- lecture 6. New particles and new technologies -- lecture 7. Weak interactions and the neutrino -- lecture 8. Accelerators and the particle explosion -- lecture 9. The particle "Zoo" -- lecture 10. Fields and forces -- lecture 11. Three quarks for muster mark -- lecture 12. From quarks to QCD -- lecture 13. Symmetry and conservation laws -- lecture 14. Broken symmetry, shattered mirrors -- lecture 15. The November revolution of 1974 -- lecture 16. A new generation -- lecture 17. Weak forces and the standard model -- lecture 18. The greatest success story in physics -- lecture 19. The Higgs particle -- lecture 20. The solar neutrino puzzle -- lecture 21. Back to the future (1) : experiments to come -- lecture 22. Back to the future (2) : puzzles and progress -- lecture 23. Really big stuff : the origin of the universe -- lecture 24. Looking back and looking forward

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live action

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