Q&A: What type of science is this and are there any good books on it?

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Question by Tom: What type of science is this and are there any good books on it?

I want to learn about things like quarks, positrons and stuff like sub-atomic particles. But I also want to learn about things like chemical structures. What type of science should I study and are there any good books about this type of science?




Best answer:

Answer by eri
That's atomic and nuclear physics and chemistry, also particle physics. So physics is the way to go here. I don't know many popular books on particle physics, but there's a bit of it in Weinberg's 'The First Three Minutes' and Green's 'The Elegant Universe'.

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