The Fundamental Constants

Fritzsch explores questions relating to the natural constants that are associated with the Standard Model of particle physics stabilized during the 1970s. His account takes the form of a conversation between one Adrian Haller of the University of Bern with Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein in California, but fortunately they speak in a manner accessible to lay readers. Their topics include elementary interactions, color quarks and gluons, the grand unification, on the road to El Capitan Beach, in Esalen, the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, and a strange big bang. Das Absolut Unveranderliche was published in 2005 by Piper Verlag GmgH, Munich. Annotation c2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)