Particle Accelerators: From Big Bang Physics to Hadron Therapy
Autor Ugo Amaldi Traducere de Geoffrey Hallen Limba Engleză Paperback – 8 ian 2015
Advance appraisal:
“Accelerators go all the way from the unique and gargantuan Large Hadron Collider to thousands of smaller versions in hospitals and industry. Ugo Amaldi has experience across the range. He has worked at CERN and has for many years been driving the application ofaccelerators in medicine. This is a must-read introduction to this frontier of modern technology, written beautifully by a world expert.”
Frank Close, Professor of Physics at Oxford University
author of "The Infinity Puzzle"
“This book should be read by school teachers and all those interested in the exploration of the microcosm and its relation to cosmology, and in the use of accelerators for medical applications. With a light hand and without formulae the autho
r easily explains complicated matters, spicing up the text with amusing historical anecdotes. His reputation as an outstanding scientist in all the fields treated guarantees high standards.” Herwig Schopper, former CERN Director General
author of "LEP - The Lord of the Collider Rings at CERN"
“This book tells the story of modern physics with an unusual emphasis on the machine-builders who made it all possible, and their machines. Learning toaccelerate particles has enabled physicists to probe the subatomic world and gain a deeper understanding of the cosmos. It has also brought numerous benefits to medicine, from the primitive X-ray machines of over a century ago to today's developments in hadron therapy for cancer. Amaldi tells this story in a most fascinating way.”
Edward Witten, Professor of Mathematical Physics at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton; Fields Medal (1990)
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9783319088693
ISBN-10: 3319088696
Pagini: 235
Ilustrații: XVII, 284 p. 145 illus., 28 illus. in color.
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Ediția:2015
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Springer
Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland
ISBN-10: 3319088696
Pagini: 235
Ilustrații: XVII, 284 p. 145 illus., 28 illus. in color.
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Ediția:2015
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Springer
Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland
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Public țintă
Popular/generalCuprins
Introduction.- The First Fifty Years.- Small Accelerators Get Bigger.- The Last Fifty Years.- Matter-Particles And Force-Particles.- Searching For The Higgs Field.- An Expected Discovery, Susy And Beyond.- The Beginnings of Accelerators in Medicine.- Accelerators Which Heal.- Epilogue: CERN Reverts The March Of Time.
Recenzii
“Particle Accelerators: From Big BangPhysics to Hadron Therapy takes us on a fascinating odyssey of acceleratorhistory and Applications. … the book contains many recollections of CERN; itwould definitely warm the heart of anyone who worked and lived in thatwonderful scientific mecca. Particle Accelerators, which is aimed at thegeneral public, is filled with intriguing analogies, metaphors, and humor.”(Andrei Seryi, Physics Today, October, 2015)
“Ugo Amaldi must have the history of particlephysics in his bones, and he writes with feeling about the development ofparticle accelerators, introducing each chapter with personal touches … . thisis a book for everyone, and in particular, I believe, for young people. Bookslike this inspired my studies, and I would like to think that Amaldi willinspire others with his passion for physics.” (Christine Sutton, CERN Courier,August, 2015)
“This book will enthuse all who are interested inthe exploration of the microcosm and its relation to cosmology, and, above all,in the wide use of particle accelerators. … This is a highly recommendedintroduction to this frontier of modern technology, written beautifully by aworld expert.” (Frank Close, Contemporary Physics, August, 2015)
“This book covers the field of elementary particles. The focus is experimental methods used to discover elementary particles in the last seven or eight decades and their medical applications, as the title suggests. … The descriptions are accessible and will be interesting to anyone with a basic knowledge of physics. … The book includes many historical pictures and good diagrams that help explain the theories. … Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates and above.” (N. Sadanand, Choice, Vol. 52 (11), July, 2015)
“Ugo Amaldi must have the history of particlephysics in his bones, and he writes with feeling about the development ofparticle accelerators, introducing each chapter with personal touches … . thisis a book for everyone, and in particular, I believe, for young people. Bookslike this inspired my studies, and I would like to think that Amaldi willinspire others with his passion for physics.” (Christine Sutton, CERN Courier,August, 2015)
“This book will enthuse all who are interested inthe exploration of the microcosm and its relation to cosmology, and, above all,in the wide use of particle accelerators. … This is a highly recommendedintroduction to this frontier of modern technology, written beautifully by aworld expert.” (Frank Close, Contemporary Physics, August, 2015)
“This book covers the field of elementary particles. The focus is experimental methods used to discover elementary particles in the last seven or eight decades and their medical applications, as the title suggests. … The descriptions are accessible and will be interesting to anyone with a basic knowledge of physics. … The book includes many historical pictures and good diagrams that help explain the theories. … Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates and above.” (N. Sadanand, Choice, Vol. 52 (11), July, 2015)
Notă biografică
Ugo Amaldi has worked at CERN for thirty-five years, participating in and leading numerous experiments in particle physics and giving, in particular, significant contributions to the study of weak interactions and the unification of the fundamental forces. For thirteen years he has been spokesperson of DELPHI - one of CERN's international collaborations at the accelerator LEP, predecessor of LHC. Already in the 1950s he developed an interest in medical physics; in 1992 he came back to this subject with the creation of the TERA Foundation, which promotes research in oncological hadron therapy. In 2011, as a result of Amaldi's initiative, the Italian National Hadrontherapy Center for Cancer Treatment CNAO was opened in Pavia. In the last thirty years more than one third of the Italian high-school pupils have studied physics on his textbooks.
Textul de pe ultima copertă
Rather than focusing on the contributions of theoretical physicists to the understanding of the subatomic world and of the beginning of the universe - as most popular science books on particle physics do - this book is different in that, firstly, the main focus is on machine inventors and builders and, secondly, particle accelerators are not only described as discovery tools but also for their contributions to tumour diagnosis and therapy. The characters of well-known (e.g. Ernest Lawrence) and mostly unknown actors (e.g. Nicholas Christofilos) are outlined, including many colourful quotations. The overall picture supports the author’s motto: “Physics is beautiful and useful”.
Advance appraisal:
“Accelerators go all the way from the unique and gargantuan Large Hadron Collider to thousands of smaller versions in hospitals and industry. Ugo Amaldi has experience across the range. He has worked at CERN and has for many years been driving the application ofaccelerators in medicine. This is a must-read introduction to this frontier of modern technology, written beautifully by a world expert.”
Frank Close, Professor of Physics at Oxford University
author of "The Infinity Puzzle"
“This book should be read by school teachers and all those interested in the exploration of the microcosm and its relation to cosmology, and in the use of accelerators for medical applications. With a light hand and without formulae the
author easily explains complicated matters, spicing up the text with amusing historical anecdotes. His reputation as an outstanding scientist in all the fields treated guarantees high standards.” Herwig Schopper, former CERN Director General
author of "LEP - The Lord of the Collider Rings at CERN"
“This book tells the story of modern physics with an unusual emphasis on the machine-builders who made it all possible, and their machines. Learningto accelerate particles has enabled physicists to probe the subatomic world and gain a deeper understanding of the cosmos. It has also brought numerous benefits to medicine, from the primitive X-ray machines of over a century ago to today's developments in hadron therapy for cancer. Amaldi tells this story in a most fascinating way.”
Edward Witten, Professor of Mathematical Physics at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton; Fields Medal (1990)
Advance appraisal:
“Accelerators go all the way from the unique and gargantuan Large Hadron Collider to thousands of smaller versions in hospitals and industry. Ugo Amaldi has experience across the range. He has worked at CERN and has for many years been driving the application ofaccelerators in medicine. This is a must-read introduction to this frontier of modern technology, written beautifully by a world expert.”
Frank Close, Professor of Physics at Oxford University
author of "The Infinity Puzzle"
“This book should be read by school teachers and all those interested in the exploration of the microcosm and its relation to cosmology, and in the use of accelerators for medical applications. With a light hand and without formulae the
author easily explains complicated matters, spicing up the text with amusing historical anecdotes. His reputation as an outstanding scientist in all the fields treated guarantees high standards.” Herwig Schopper, former CERN Director General
author of "LEP - The Lord of the Collider Rings at CERN"
“This book tells the story of modern physics with an unusual emphasis on the machine-builders who made it all possible, and their machines. Learningto accelerate particles has enabled physicists to probe the subatomic world and gain a deeper understanding of the cosmos. It has also brought numerous benefits to medicine, from the primitive X-ray machines of over a century ago to today's developments in hadron therapy for cancer. Amaldi tells this story in a most fascinating way.”
Edward Witten, Professor of Mathematical Physics at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton; Fields Medal (1990)
Caracteristici
Presents the history of particle accelerators and of their inventors and promoters Contains personal recollections of fifty years spent in a growing international laboratory, CERN Illustrates the paths leading from X ray discovery to the Higgs boson Presents self-explaining images of the life of the Universe from one millionth of a millionth of a second to 400 000 years after the Big Bang Description by a protagonist of the accelerators application to diagnosis and therapy of cancer Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras