Surprisingly, building bricks are a useful way to teach particle physics to students. Different shapes and sizes represent particles, making it easier to explain the principles of what particles do. You will learn a lot of new vocabulary! Build your bricks into an atom, even the periodic table! It is so useful to see these abstract ideas taught in a hands-on way.
Particle Physics Brick By Brick
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050678
ISBN
9780228100126
Grade 4-8
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Publisher's Description of Particle Physics Brick By Brick
In 2014 the LEGO® Group sold 62 billion LEGO® pieces. That's
102 LEGO® bricks for every person in the world. That's nothing however
compared to the estimated seven billion billion billion atoms that make
up each of us, let alone the between ten quadrillion vigintillion and
one-hundred thousand quadrillion vigintillion atoms in the known
observable universe.
Thankfully, understanding atomic and subatomic physics need not be infathomable. LEGO® bricks are a great way to visualize the blueprint of the universe, right down to its smallest elements. Particle Physics Brick by Brick explains how and with what the universe came to be. It introduces the Standard Model of Physics, the "rule book" of physics that has been proven correct again and again since its mid-20th century development. Today, it is the gaps in the model that keep physicists busy.
In concise chapters, the book assigns to each atomic element a colored
LEGO® brick, such as neutrons, leptons and quarks. By assembling actual
or imaginary bricks and observing their relationships and interactions,
particle physics becomes clear. The book opens with the Standard Model
of Physics, the physicists and the discoveries made over history, and
directions on how to use the book.
The chapters that follow are:
- Building Blocks and Construction Rules
- Building a Universe
- Electromagnetism and QED (Quantum ElectroDynamics)
- The Strong Force and QCD (Quantum ChromoDynamics)
- The Weak Force and Breaking Symmetries
- Broken Symmetry and Mass
- Problems with Ghosts
- Violated Symmetry
- The Future.
Particle Physics Brick by Brick is a succinct introduction for anyone that wants to gain a basic understanding of the atomic world, its elements and how they interact. By using tangible substitutes - bricks - it brings the unseen atomic world into the realm of the visual.
Details
| Product Format: | Paperback Book |
|---|---|
| Grades: | 4-8 |
| Brand: | Firefly Books |
| Author: | Dr. Ben Still |
| ISBN: | 9780228100126 |
| Length in Inches: | 9.25 |
| Width in Inches: | 7.5 |
| Height in Inches: | 0.5 |
| Weight in Pounds: | 1.25 |
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