Particle Physics: is there such a curriculum?

[fluffybunny]

Ds16 is currently doing Apologia Physics and has expressed an interest in particle physics, ie quarks and leptons etc, and wants to go deeper into this subject area. I didn't do science in senior high or college, so I don't know where to look. We both enjoy the Apologia, conversational style, of doing science, so it would be great to find something like it specializing in this subject area. Does anyone know of something like this that ticks those boxes?

 

thank you

[regentrude]

GC has a course in particle physics that does not assume a science background.

Fred Bortz has a series of books on elementary particles; they look deceptively thin, but have a lot of information.

Any serious particle physics would require a more extensive physics background. 

[fluffybunny]

GC has a course in particle physics that does not assume a science background.

 

I've heard reviews on this and they're not that great.

 

 

Fred Bortz has a series of books on elementary particles; they look deceptively thin, but have a lot of information.

Any serious particle physics would require a more extensive physics background. 

 

 

Thank you: I will look into that author. And yes, I think you're right: he needs more physics background. 

Edited July 18, 2016 by fluffybunny

[regentrude]

I've heard reviews on this and they're not that great.

 

I started listening and did not like it, but I thought that that might be because I'm a physicist. Sorry that this doesn't work.

[quark]

DS did a short unit by reading popular science books. On my phone and not able to link. Titles included How to Teach Physics/ Relativity to Your Dog (Orzel) and Mr. Tompkins (Gamow).

[Arcadia]

Look at Modern Physics textbooks. Below link is to a 2005 edition by Serway.

http://phy240.ahepl.org/ModPhy-Serway.pdf

 

The books Quark mentioned are good too.

 

Below U of Rochester link has plenty of good links

http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~pavone/particle-www/particle_physics.html

 

Videos done by CERN for TED

http://blog.ted.com/physicists-from-cern-team-up-with-ted-ed-to-create-five-lessons-that-make-particle-physics-childs-play/

 

Particle physics is one of my oldest many interest areas. I'm too much of a slacker to keep up.

[regentrude]

Look at Modern Physics textbooks. Below link is to a 2005 edition by Serway.

http://phy240.ahepl.org/ModPhy-Serway.pdf

 

 

The text has two semesters of calculus based physics as a prerequisite.

 

 

 

This book is intended as a modern physics text for science majors and engineering students who have already completed an introductory calculus-based physics course.

[Arcadia]

The text has two semesters of calculus based physics as a prerequisite.

The chapter 15 on leptons has less math and no calculus. The calculus heavy chapter are in the front chapters.

 

ETA:

Many modern physics textbooks has a chapter or two on particle physics which is less math heavy than the other chapters in the same text.

Edited July 18, 2016 by Arcadia

[fluffybunny]

Thank you so much everyone.  :001_smile:

[quark]

I'm not sure if you've seen this title from GC: http://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/impossible-physics-beyond-the-edge.html

 

It's a mix of disciplines but there is some particle physics in there. It is very well done in my physics-loving DH's humble opinion.

 

Another 2 books DS read that didn't require a rigorous physics background was Alice in Quantumland and the Wizard of Quarks, both by the same author.

[fluffybunny]

I'm not sure if you've seen this title from GC: [/size]http://www.thegreatc...d-the-edge.htm

 

Thank you: I have it saved and will wait for the next sale  :001_smile:

 

We have read Alice in Quantumland: great book, though one of the stories wasn't suitable for a child. But I learnt a LOT from it. 

Edited July 19, 2016 by fluffybunny