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- catalog abstract ""In the tradition of his bestselling Alice in Quantumland, The Wizard of Quarks takes L. Frank Baum's classic tale of a little girl from Kansas and transforms it into a description of the practically indescribable world of subatomic particles. Dorothy's encounters with the Witch of Mass, the Witch of Charge, the Witch of Color, and the Weak Witch will help readers grasp the maddeningly elusive concepts that support the foundations of modern physics."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11969009.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""In the tradition of his bestselling Alice in Quantumland, The Wizard of Quarks takes L. Frank Baum's classic tale of a little girl from Kansas and transforms it into a description of the practically indescribable world of subatomic particles. Dorothy's encounters with the Witch of Mass, the Witch of Charge, the Witch of Color, and the Weak Witch will help readers grasp the maddeningly elusive concepts that support the foundations of modern physics."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "The witch of mass -- The observant scarerow -- The tin geek -- The confident lion -- The atomic garden -- The seed at the heart of the world -- The kingdow of cern -- The field of the weave of light -- The wizard of quarks -- The plaza of the immortals -- A weak old woman -- The Higgs of the masskervilles -- Through the Great Experimental Desert.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 202 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0387950710 (acid-free paper)".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Copernicus Books,".
- catalog subject "539.7/2 21".
- catalog subject "Particles (Nuclear physics) Popular works.".
- catalog subject "QC792.4 .G55 2001".
- catalog tableOfContents "The witch of mass -- The observant scarerow -- The tin geek -- The confident lion -- The atomic garden -- The seed at the heart of the world -- The kingdow of cern -- The field of the weave of light -- The wizard of quarks -- The plaza of the immortals -- A weak old woman -- The Higgs of the masskervilles -- Through the Great Experimental Desert.".
- catalog title "The wizard of quarks : a fantasy of particle physics / Robert Gilmore.".
- catalog type "Popular works. fast".
- catalog type "text".