From X-rays to Quarks: Modern Physicists and Their Discoveries

by Emilio Segrè

A Nobel Laureate offers impressions and recollections of the development of modern physics. Rather than a chronological approach, Segrè; emphasizes interesting, complex personalities who often appear only in footnotes. Readers will find that this book adds considerably to their understanding of science and includes compelling topics of current interest. 1980 edition.

354 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 3, 2012

About the author

Emilio Gino Segrè physicist and Nobel laureate in physics. Won the Nobel Prize in Physics (1959) along with Owen Chamberlain for thier discovery of the antiproton.