This Resource Letter provides a guide to literature on the history of modern elementary‐particle physics. Histories that treat developments from the 1930s through the 1980s are focused on and a sampling is included of the historiography covering the period c. 1890–1930, the prehistory of elementary‐particle physics as a discipline. Also included are collections of scientific papers, which might be especially valuable to individuals who wish to undertake historical research on particular scientists or subfields of elementary‐particle physics. The introduction presents some statistical data and associated references for elementary‐particle physics and surveys historiographical approaches and issues that are represented in historical accounts in the bibliography. All references are assigned a rating of E (Elementary), I (Intermediate), or A (Advanced) based on their technical or conceptual difficulty or their appropriateness for a person attempting a graduated study of the history of modern particle physics. That is, items labeled E are suitable for the layman or would be fundamental to a beginning exploration of the history of particle physics, whereas items labeled A are technically demanding (mathematically, historiographically, or philosophically) or would be most appropriate for specialized or advanced examinations of various topics.
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September 01 1991
Resource Letter HEPP‐1: History of elementary‐particle physics
R. Corby Hovis;
R. Corby Hovis
Department of Physics, Clark Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853‐2501
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Helge Kragh
Helge Kragh
TISK Project, Roskilde University Centre, Postbox 260, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
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Am. J. Phys. 59, 779–807 (1991)
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Received:
April 13 1990
Accepted:
March 15 1991
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R. Corby Hovis, Helge Kragh; Resource Letter HEPP‐1: History of elementary‐particle physics. Am. J. Phys. 1 September 1991; 59 (9): 779–807. https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16727
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