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The Eightfold Way

The Eightfold Way

Murray Gell-mann (Author)
October 2000
Trade Paperback · 400 Pages
$52.00 U.S. · $60.00 CAN · £34.99 U.K. · €36.99 E.U.
ISBN 9780738202990
Westview Press
Advanced Books Classics
 

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Description

This monograph presents thirty research papers dealing with the classification of strongly interacting particles and their interaction according to the eightfold way. In each chapter the authors' commentary introduces the reprints.

About the Author

A pioneer in the field of subatomic physics, Murray Gell-Mann was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1969 for his quark theory of matter. Gell-Mann coined the term quark after the discovery of some 100 particles within the atomic nucleus. He is currently Professor and Co-Chairman of the Science Board of the Santa Fe Institute, where his recent research has focused on complex adaptive systems. He is the author of The Quark and the Jaguar and The Eightfold Way, and lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.