Overview
- Provides a unique historical introduction to astroparticle physics to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the cosmic ray discovery
- Covers the roots and development of the exciting field of astroparticle physics
- Written by a multidiciplinary group of experts in the field
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Access this book
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Other ways to access
Table of contents (10 chapters)
-
Front Matter
-
Back Matter
Keywords
About this book
The book focusses on the ways in which physics changes in the course of this history. The following changes run parallel, overlap, and/or interact:
- Discovery of effects like X-rays, radioactivity, cosmic rays, new particles but also progress through non-discoveries (monopoles) etc.
- The change of the description of nature in physics, as consequence of new theoretical questions at the beginning of the 20th century, giving rise to quantum physics, relativity, etc.
- The change of experimental methods, cooperations, disciplinary divisions.
With regard to the latter change, a main topic of the book is to make the specific multi-diciplinary features of astroparticle physics clear.
Reviews
From the reviews:
“This book is a collection of ten articles written by expert contributors who describe current work in a technological and historical context. … Each article gives a thorough account and includes many references for further study. … This is an excellent resource for anyone interested in the field and a useful supplement to lecture courses. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, researchers/faculty, and professionals.” (M. Dickinson, Choice, Vol. 50 (11), July, 2013)Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: From Ultra Rays to Astroparticles
Book Subtitle: A Historical Introduction to Astroparticle Physics
Editors: Brigitte Falkenburg, Wolfgang Rhode
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5422-5
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-5421-8Published: 29 December 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-9455-9Published: 29 January 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-5422-5Published: 30 December 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 346
Topics: Astrophysics and Astroparticles, History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology