Dedication

pp v-vi

Contents

pp vii-x

Preface

pp xi-xvi

Part I - Preliminaries

pp 1-2

1 - The nature of observing Nature

pp 3-36

2 - Fundamental physics: elementary particles and processes

pp 37-80

Part II - The Standard Model

pp 81-82

3 - Physics in spacetime

pp 83-126

4 - The quark model: combinatorics and groups

pp 127-164

5 - Gauge symmetries and interactions

pp 165-222

6 - Non–abelian gauge symmetries and interactions

pp 223-250

7 - The Standard Model

pp 251-290

Part III - Beyond the Standard Model

pp 291-292

8 - Unification: the fabric of understanding Nature

pp 293-314

9 - Gravity and the geometrization of physics

pp 315-356

10 - Supersymmetry: boson–fermion unification

pp 357-396

11 - Strings: unification of all foundations of reality

pp 397-448

Part IV - Appendices

pp 449-450

A - Groups: structure and notation

pp 451-492

B - A lexicon

pp 493-522

C - A few more details

pp 523-532

References

pp 533-550

Index

pp 551-564