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Download or read book Learning About Particles - 50 Privileged Years written by Jack Steinberger and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2005-08-09 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vividly and in some depth retraces the golden years of particle physics as witnessed by one of the scientists who made seminal contributions to the understanding of what is now known as the Standard Model of particle physics. It will provide the interested reader with a first-hand account and deeper understanding of the multilayered and sinous development that finally led to the present architecture of this theory. Combines particle physics with insightful stories about fellow physicists of some note and the political turmoil of his times.