Elementary Particles and the Universe: Essays in Honor of
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Schwarz, John H., PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, Professor Murray Gell-Mann is one of the most influential and brilliant scientists of the twentieth century. His work on symmetries, including the invention of the "quark, " in the s and early s provided the foundation for much of modern particle physics. His contribution to the field earned him the Nobel Prize for Physics in . This book is a collection of research articles by eminent scientists written especially to celebrate Gell-Mann's 60th birthday, in September . The main body of contributions is concerned with theoretical particle physics and its applications to cosmology, and includes papers by such notables as J. Hartle, E. Witten, H. Fritzsch, T.D. Lee, I.M. Singer, V. Telegdi, and some personal remarks by A. Salam and M.L. Goldberger.