By W N Cottingham and D A Greenwood, Cambridge University Press. Hardback ISBN 9780521852494 £30 ($65).
The new edition of this introductory graduate textbook provides a concise but accessible introduction to the Standard Model. It has been updated to account for the successes of the theory of strong interactions and the observations on matter–antimatter asymmetry, and includes a coherent presentation of the phenomena of neutrinos with mass and the theory that describes them. The book clearly develops theoretical concepts, from the electromagnetic and weak interactions of leptons and quarks to the strong interactions of quarks. The mathematical treatments are suitable for graduates in physics, and the text and appendices develop more sophisticated mathematical ideas.
