{"product_id":"9783319284118","title":"The Rise and Fall of the Fifth Force: Discovery, Pursuit, and Justification in Modern Physics","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThe Rise and Fall of the Fifth Force: Discovery, Pursuit, and Justification in Modern Physics\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eFranklin, Allan; Fischbach, Ephraim\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis\nbook provides the reader with a detailed and captivating account of the story\nwhere, for the first time, physicists ventured into proposing a new force of\nnature beyond the four known ones - the electromagnetic, weak and strong\nforces, and gravitation - based entirely on the reanalysis of existing\nexperimental data.  \n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBack in 1986, Ephraim\nFischbach, Sam Aronson, Carrick Talmadge and their collaborators proposed a\nmodification of Newton’s Law of universal gravitation. Underlying this proposal\nwere three tantalizing pieces of evidence: 1) an energy dependence of the CP (particle-antiparticle\nand reflection symmetry) parameters, 2) differences between the measurements of\nG, the universal gravitational constant, in laboratories and in mineshafts, and\n3) a reanalysis of the Eötvos experiment, which had previously been used to\nshow that the gravitational mass of an object and its inertia mass were equal\nto approximately one part in a billion. The reanalysis revealed that, contrary to Galileo’s\nposition, the force of gravity was in fact very slightly different for\ndifferent substances. The resulting Fifth Force hypothesis included this\ncomposition dependence and also added a small distance dependence to the\ninverse-square gravitational force.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOver the next four years\nnumerous experiments were performed to test the hypothesis. By 1990 there was\noverwhelming evidence that the Fifth Force, as initially proposed, did not\nexist. This book discusses how the Fifth Force hypothesis came to be proposed\nand how it went on to become a showcase of discovery, pursuit and justification\nin modern physics, prior to its demise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this new and significantly expanded\nedition, the material from the first edition is complemented by two essays, one\ncontaining Fischbach’s personal reminiscences of the proposal, and a second on\nthe ongoing history and impact of the Fifth Force hypothesis from 1990 to the\npresent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2016-03-14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783319284118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-319-28412-5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 249\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47692841091212,"sku":"9783319284118","price":49.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783319284118.jpg?v=1776698395","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783319284118","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}