From the Book - First American edition.
Dismantling classical physics
Cathode ray tube: X-rays and the electron
The gold foil experiment: The structure of the atom
The Photoelectric Effect: The light quantum
Cloud chambers: Cosmic rays and a shower of new particles
The first particle accelerators: Splitting the atom
Cyclotron: Artificial production of radioactivity
Synchrotron radiation: An unexpected light emerges
The standard model and beyond
Particle physics goes large: The strange resonances
Mega-detectors: Finding the elusive Neutrino
Linear accelerators: The discovery of quarks
The Tevatron: A third generation of matter
The large Hadron collider: The Higgs Boson and beyond