By Adrian Melissinos
World Scientific
Hardback: £28
E-book: £21
A personal account as a research physicist for more than 50 years in areas of particle physics and related fields, Adrian Melissinos’s insights into the ways that general research was carried out and the evolution of particle physics from 1958 to 2008 will prove interesting to science-history enthusiasts and particle physicists alike. Through this mix of personal reminiscences and professional journey, readers can relive the joy and excitement of research and teaching in small groups during those early years, while gaining a partial historical perspective of particle physics since the late 1950s.
