The discovery of subatomic particles / Steven Weinberg.

Incluye bibliografía.

1. A world of particles -- 2. The discovery of the electron -- Flashback: the nature of electricity -- Electric discharges and cathode rays -- Flashback: Newton´s laws of motion -- Deflection of cathode rays -- Flashback: electric forces -- Electric deflection of cathode rays -- Flashback: magnetic forces -- Magnetic deflection of cathode rays -- Thomson´s results -- Flashback: energy -- Energy relations in Thomson´s experiment -- Electrons as elementary particles -- 3. Atomic scale -- Flashback: atomic weights -- Flashback: electrolysis -- Measuring the electronic charge -- 4. The nucleus -- The discovery and explanation of radioactivity -- The discovery of the nucleus -- Atomic numbers and radioactive series -- The neutron -- 5. More particles -- Photons -- Neutrinos -- Positrons -- Other antiparticles -- Muons and pions -- Q and Z particles -- Strange particles -- More hadrons -- Quarks -- Gluons.