The supersymmetric world : the beginnings of the theory /

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Imprint:Singapore ; River Edge, N.J. : World Scientific, ©2000.
Description:1 online resource (xiv, 271 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11126321
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Other authors / contributors:Kane, G. L.
Shifman, Mikhail A.
ISBN:9812385509
9789812385505
981024522X
9789810245221
9810245394
9789810245399
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
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Summary:The story of the discovery of supersymmetry is a fascinating one, unlike that of any other major development in the history of science. This engaging book presents a view of the process, mainly in the words of people who participated. It combines anecdotal descriptions and personal reminiscences with more technical accounts of the trailblazers, covering the birth of the theory and its first years - the origin of the idea, four-dimensional field theory realization, and supergravity. The eyewitnesses convey to us the drama of one of the deepest discoveries in theoretical physics in the 20th cent.
Other form:Print version: Supersymmetric world. Singapore ; River Edge, N.J. : World Scientific, ©2000 981024522X