Mass: the quest to understand matter from Greek atoms to quantum fields
A book on quantum theory best approached by those with an elastic mind
If the phrase ‘quantum theory’ makes your body shudder and your mind go blank, then this book will ignite your interest in the subject. Jim Baggott gently walks you through how Greek philosophers used the concept of atoms to explain what the universe is made of, to how modern scientists now use the concepts of quantum field theory to explain mass. Mass encompasses Newton’s laws, Einstein’s theory of relativity, the discovery of the Higg’s boson, modern quantum chromodynamics and the now standard model of particle physics.