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12 of 12 found the following review helpful:
 Weak on the standard model! May 16, 2000
I used this book for a 3rd year university course in subatomic physics. What I particularly liked was the two chapters on symmetries, which were thorough compared to what i have seen in comparable textbooks. I also found the chapters on nuclear physics quite good, as they gave a very compact presentation of the most important aspects of this subject. The weakest part of the book in my opinion is the chapter on the standard model.If you don't know math and quantum mechanics you shouldn't buy this book as it is somewhat mathematical in style and uses fewer words than many comparable textbooks. Readers who want a historical treatment of the subject matter should look elsewhere too, as this book tells little about the experiments that were instrumental in developing subatomic physics.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 No rigor and slightly misleading Aug 24, 2010
By Roderick King
"Physics B.S."
I used this book for my first 400-level course in junior year. I found right off the bat that it is a bit difficult to adjust to, as it will probably be one of your first books with the CGS unit system. This might cause miscommunication with the author and reader- for example, q*(r)^-2 is the electric field, but it will seem to be missing the constants of nature in front. While this is a well-known example of CGS use, some other formulas have an enigmatic nature because of these features. Also, many topics are covered but quickly given up as enigmatic features because little rigorous derivation takes place. For the most part, it does introduce many new concepts of nuclear and particle physics but with few and ambiguous explanations of the mathematics behind it all.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 great buy Jan 20, 2011
By Overworked physics
The actual textbook is very good but lacks examples so sometimes the transition can be difficult for the homework, this manual really helps you find the direction, and is a huge time saver if you are really pressed by everything else. The solutions manual goes into more depth than most do, which is good and bad I guess. It's good for both kinds of readers, those like myself actually trying to learn the subject, as well as those just looking for answers. I'd recommend to either, though I'm a dreamer and hope people just use it as a guide and not for less admirable purposes.
1 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Misleading Ad Apr 23, 2007
By David Broerman
The ad conveniently hides the fact that this is a solutions manual for the author's text and does not link to the text book. What a rip off.
0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Not the best choice Apr 03, 2011
By Alex Johnson
Its an ok book. There are not enough examples to fully explain the material that the author is trying to convey.
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