Books from Thomas Jefferson Library at UMSL

I. Technical (Cosmic Rays and Particle Physics):

"Cosmic Rays", by A.M. Hillas, Pergamon Press, Oxford, New York,
    1972.  QC485.H53

"Cosmic Rays", by Martin A. Pomerantz, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co.,
        New York, 1971, QC485.P57.

"Cosmic Rays at Ground Level", ed. A.W. Wolfendale, Institute of Physics,
      London and Bristol, QC485.5.C67, 1973.

 "From Atoms to Quarks", James Trefil. (Scribner, NY,1980, QC777.T73)

II. Technical (Detectors):

"Nuclear Electronics", P.W. Nicholson, (Wiley, NY,1974,QC786.N47)

"Detectors for particle radiation", Konrad Kleinknecht,(Cambridge Univ. 
Press, New York, 1986, QC 786.K57)

 "Cloud and Bubble Chambers,C. Henderson (Methuen and Co. Ltd, London, 
1970,QC787.B8,H45)

 "Particle Accelerators: A Brief History",M. Stanley Livingston
     (Harvard, Oxford University Press, London, 1969,QC786.L499)

"Methods of Experimental Physics Vol. 5, Part B (Nuclear Physics),
ed. Luke C.L. Yuan, Chien-Shiung Wu (Academic Press, NY, 1963,QC 784.Y8)

 Non-Technical:
"The God Particle", Leon Lederman,  Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, New 
            York, 1993. QC793.5.B62.L43 1993.

"Story of the W and Z", Peter Watkins, Cambridge University Press,
        Cambridge, London, New York, 1986.
        QC793.5.B62.W37 1986.

"The End of Physics: The Myth of a Unified Theory", David Lindley
                (Basic Books, /Harper Collins, 1993)
                QC794.5.G7L55 1993.
               [or, from Alton Hayner Library: 539.72 LIN]
(this one not available from UMSL summer 2004)

"An Introduction to Quarks and Partons", F.E. Close, Academic Press,
                London, New York, San Francisco, 1979.
                QC793.5.Q2522.C46.

"The Hunting of the Quark", Michael Riordan, New York, London, 1987.
            QC793.5.Q252 R56 1987.

"Quarks and Leptons: An Introductory Course in Modern Particle Physics",
           Francis Halzen and Alan D. Martin, John Wiley and Sons,
           New York, 1984.  QC793.5.Q2522 H34 1984.


    Other  Books recommended by DEK (from Hayner Library, Alton)
             June, 2003

"On the Shoulders of Giants", ed, comments by Stephen Hawking.
                (Running Press, Philadelphia,2002) 
                520 HAW

"Black Holes and Baby Universes", Stephen Hawking
                (Bantam Books, New York, 1993)
                520 HAW

"Six Easy Pieces", Richard P. Feynman
              (Addison-Wesley, Reading, Mass, 1995) 530 FEY

"Atom", An Odyssey from the Big Band to Life on Earth .. and Beyond"
    Lawrence M. Krauss, (Little, Brown and Co., 2001) [523.1 KRA]

"The Pleasure of Finding Things Out", Richard P. Feynman
             (Helix books, Perseus Books, Cambridge, Mass, 1999)
             [530 FEY]

"The Physics of StarTrek", Lawrence M. Krauss
                 (Basic Books, 1995) [500.5 KRA]

"Fear of Physics", Lawrence M. Krauss 
              (Basic Books, 1993) [530.01 KRA]

"The Meaning of it all: Thoughts of a Citizen-Scientist", Richard P. 
Feynman
     (Helix Books/Addison-Wesley, Reading, Mass., 1998)
      [500 FEY]

"Cosmic Rays", Michael W. Friedlander
          (Harvard Univ. Press, Cambridge, Mass, 1989)
          [539.7223 FRI]

  More Books (requested through umsl interlibrary loan-- mobius)
"A Tour of the Subatomic Zoo: a guide to particle physics" Cindy Schwarz
  (This one we bought, also got through interlibrary loan)

Requested through Mobius, June 2004:
NRC (National Academy Press (www.nap.edu):
   questions of 21st Century 
   a) Cosmology and quarks
   b) "Physics for a New Era: An Overview", 2001 isbn: 0-309-07342-1

Cosmic Rays:  
   A. Sandstrom  "Cosmic Ray Physics"
   Bruno Rossi  "High Energy Particles"
   Adrian Melissinos  "Principles of Modern Technology"
                       "Experiments in Modern Physics"

   Arnold Wolfendale "Cosmic Rays"