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Observations in high‐energy physics

NOV 01, 1964
Leon M. Lederman

My instructions this morning were to give a survey of the subject we call elementary particle physics, emphasizing the experimental aspects. I will choose what I believe to be interesting and exciting and try to see how we got where we are. The objects we call elementary particles have changed over the years and Fig. 1 is meant to illustrate this.

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Leon M. Lederman, Columbia University.

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