Book ID: CBB001421734

From Current Algebra to Quantum Chromodynamics: A Case for Structural Realism (2010)

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Cao, Tian Yu (Author)


Cambridge University Press


Publication Date: 2010
Physical Details: x + 308 pp.; index
Language: English

The advent of quantum chromodynamics (QCD) in the early 1970s was one of the most important events in twentieth-century science. This book examines the conceptual steps that were crucial to the rise of QCD, placing them in historical context against the background of debates that were ongoing between the bootstrap approach and composite modeling, and between mathematical and realistic conceptions of quarks. It explains the origins of QCD in current algebra and its development through high-energy experiments, model-building, mathematical analysis and conceptual synthesis. Addressing a range of complex physical, philosophical and historiographical issues in detail, this book will interest graduate students and researchers in physics and in the history and philosophy of science.

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Authors & Contributors
Salis, Fiora
Campaner, Raffaella
Greco, Pietro
Gabbani, Carlo
Stöckler, Manfred
Shomar, Towfic
Concepts
Physics
Philosophy of science
Quantum mechanics
Mathematics
Realism
Philosophy
Time Periods
20th century, late
20th century
21st century
Early modern
Modern
20th century, early
Places
Hungary
Germany
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