Please note: In order to keep Hive up to date and provide users with the best features, we are no longer able to fully support Internet Explorer. The site is still available to you, however some sections of the site may appear broken. We would encourage you to move to a more modern browser like Firefox, Edge or Chrome in order to experience the site fully.

Supporting your high street Find out how »
Engines Of Discovery: A Century Of Particle Accelerators, Paperback / softback Book

Engines Of Discovery: A Century Of Particle Accelerators Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

Out of Stock - We are unable to provide an estimated availability date for this product

Description

This book for the first time chronicles the development of particle accelerators from the invention of electrostatic accelerators, linear accelerators, and the cyclotron to the colliders of today.

It also addresses accelerators employed as sources of x-rays, for medical purposes, and in industrial applications.

The book identifies the crucial discoveries in applied physics and engineering that have driven the field and gives the reader insight into the people who made these discoveries as well as the methods they used.

Particle accelerators exploit every aspect of today's cutting edge technology to the full and they themselves have contributed to these technologies.

It is a saga every bit as fascinating as man's mastery of transport and communications a century before and from which we have much to learn for the future.

Thus, the book should appeal to the general public, scientists, and students.The field of accelerator physics is, at this time, a very active field.

The governments of developed and developing countries spend hundreds of millions of dollars annually on particle physics research - a pure science with important implications for the understanding of not only particle physics, but also astronomy and cosmology.

At the same time there is much activity in developing light sources and spallation neutron sources - both employed for extensive studies in surface science, chemistry, biology, and medicine.

There is also large commercial activity in producing accelerators for industrial and medical use.

Information

Save 17%

£34.00

£27.95

Out of Stock - We are unable to provide an estimated availability date for this product
Add to Basket
Sign in to add to wishlist
 
Free Home Delivery

on all orders

 
Pick up orders

from local bookshops

Information