Purpose and plan / 1: |
1895-1945: A History / Part 1.: |
New kinds of rays / 2: |
From uranic rays to radioactivity / 3: |
The first particle / 4: |
Interlude: earliest physiological discoveries / 5: |
Radioactivity's three early puzzles / 6: |
Pitfalls of simplicity / 7: |
[beta]-Spectra, 1907-1914 / 8: |
Atomic structure and spectral lines / 9: |
'It was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity' / 10: |
Nuclear physics' tender age / 11: |
Quantum mechanics, an essay / 12: |
First encounters with symmetry and invariance / 13: |
Nuclear physics: the age of paradox / 14: |
Quantum fields, or how particles are made and how they disappear / 15: |
Battling the infinite / 16: |
In which the nucleus acquires a new constituent, loses an old one, reveals new forces with new symmetries, and is explored by new experimental methods / 17: |
The Postwar Years: A Memoir / Part 2: |
Of quantum electrodynamics' triumphs and limitations and of a new particle's sobering impact / 18: |
In which particle physics enters the era of big machines and big detectors and pion physics goes through ups and downs / 19: |
Onset of an era: new forms of matter appear, old symmetries crumble / 20: |
Essay on modern times: 1960-83 / 21: |
Being a conclusion that starts as epilog and ends as prolog / 22: |
A synopsis of this book in the form of a chronology / Appendix: |
Index of Names |
Index of Subjects |
Purpose and plan / 1: |
1895-1945: A History / Part 1.: |
New kinds of rays / 2: |
From uranic rays to radioactivity / 3: |
The first particle / 4: |
Interlude: earliest physiological discoveries / 5: |