Pions to Quarks: Particle Physics in the 1950s

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511563942

Editors Laurie Brown, Max Dresden and Lillian Hoddeson have assembled a prestigious group of physicists and historians of science to present a broadly balanced picture of this exciting scientific era that witnessed the coming of age of particle physics and its development into 'big science'. The historical studies and analyses provided in the volume are unique in their scope and level of detail. Major topics and developments addressed include the important experiments and their theoretical explanations, the design and construction of scientific instruments and the establishment of major research centres - especially the national laboratories that played a key role in the transformation of particle physics into 'big science'. These essays also range from sociological analyses of the particle physics subculture and the political aspects of research funding to discussions of symmetry and axiomatic field theory.

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44 - Gauge principle, vector-meson dominance, and spontaneous symmetry breaking
pp 639-642
- By Yoichiro Nambu
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X - Personal overviews
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45 - Scientific impact of the first decade of the Rochester conferences (1950–1960)
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46 - Some reflections on the history of particle physics in the 1950s
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- By Silvan S. Schweber
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47 - Progress in elementary particle theory, 1950–1964
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- By Murray Gell-Mann
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44 - Gauge principle, vector-meson dominance, and spontaneous symmetry breaking
pp 639-642

X - Personal overviews
pp 643-644

45 - Scientific impact of the first decade of the Rochester conferences (1950–1960)
pp 645-667

46 - Some reflections on the history of particle physics in the 1950s
pp 668-693

47 - Progress in elementary particle theory, 1950–1964
pp 694-712

Name index
pp 713-724

Subject index
pp 725-734

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44 - Gauge principle, vector-meson dominance, and spontaneous symmetry breaking pp 639-642

X - Personal overviews pp 643-644

45 - Scientific impact of the first decade of the Rochester conferences (1950–1960) pp 645-667

46 - Some reflections on the history of particle physics in the 1950s pp 668-693

47 - Progress in elementary particle theory, 1950–1964 pp 694-712

Name index pp 713-724

Subject index pp 725-734

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44 - Gauge principle, vector-meson dominance, and spontaneous symmetry breaking
pp 639-642

X - Personal overviews
pp 643-644

45 - Scientific impact of the first decade of the Rochester conferences (1950–1960)
pp 645-667

46 - Some reflections on the history of particle physics in the 1950s
pp 668-693

47 - Progress in elementary particle theory, 1950–1964
pp 694-712

Name index
pp 713-724

Subject index
pp 725-734