Contents -- Preface -- 0.1 For whom this book is written* -- 0.2 On the contents of some of the chapters -- 0.3 Two beacons* -- 0.4 Acknowledgments -- 1. The Fundamentals -- 1.1 On intuition -- 1.2 Space and time* -- 1.3 Matter and substance* -- 1.4 Motion* -- 2. Units* -- 2.1 Standards -- 2.2 Circle and angles -- 2.3 Units of time and length -- 3. A Minimum of Mathematics -- 3.1 Four operations of school mathematics and the imaginary unit* -- 3.2 Powers of ten* -- 3.3 Prefixes of the powers of ten -- 3.4 Differentiation and integration -- 3.5 Matrices -- 4. Translational Motion* -- 4.1 Free particle -- 4.2 Maximum velocity c -- 4.3 Energy and momentum of a particle -- 4.4 Kinetic and potential energy in Newtonian mechanics -- 4.5 Momentum in Newtonian mechanics -- 4.6 Space and time in relativistic mechanics -- 4.7 Energy and momentum in relativistic mechanics -- 4.8 Particle's mass -- 4.9 Rest energy -- 4.10 Massless photon -- 4.11 Masses of electron and proton -- 5. Rotation and Quantization -- 5.1 The spin and orbital rotation* -- 5.2 About vectors and tensors -- 5.3 The orbital angular momentum in theory of relativity -- 5.4 Identity of particles* -- 5.5 Quantization of S and L* -- 5.6 More about spin* -- 5.7 Fermions and bosons* -- 5.8 Elementary quantum state* -- 5.9 Bound states* -- 6. Particles as Corpuscles and Waves -- 6.1 Wave vector* -- 6.2 The wave function* -- 6.3 Probability amplitude* -- 6.4 The role of chance in the decay* -- 6.5 The role of chance in the two-slit experiments -- 6.6 Uncertainty relations* -- 6.7 "Correct" and "incorrect" questions* -- 6.8 Schrodinger equation -- 6.9 The Klein-Fock-Gordon equation -- 6.10 Dirac equation -- 6.11 Action -- 7. More About Units* -- 7.1 Units: experiment and theory -- 7.2 About SI system of units -- 7.3 Electron-volt -- 7.4 Units in which c, = 1.

7.5 On choosing the system of units -- 8. The Hydrogen Atom* -- 8.1 On potential energy -- 8.2 Electron-proton interaction -- 8.3 Principal quantum number -- 8.4 Mass of quantum state -- 8.5 Orbital quantum number -- 8.6 The projections of L and S -- 8.7 The emission and absorption of light -- 9. Periodic Table of Chemical Elements -- 9.1 From protons to nucleons* -- 9.2 Pauli exclusion principle. Fermions and bosons* -- 9.3 Horizontal periods of the periodic table of elements* -- 9.4 First period -- 9.5 The second and third periods -- 9.6 The fourth and fifth periods -- 9.7 The sixth and seventh periods -- 9.8 8 groups and 18 vertical columns of the table -- 10. Substance -- 10.1 Molecules* -- 10.2 Gases* -- 10.3 Loschmidt number* -- 10.4 Temperature* -- 10.5 More on universal constants -- 10.6 Condensed matter* -- 10.7 Crystallization* -- 10.8 Phase transitions* -- 10.9 Superfluidity and superconductivity -- 10.10 Quasiparticles -- 11. Quantum Electrodynamics - QED -- 11.1 QED from Dirac to Feynman* -- 11.2 Lamb shift -- 11.3 Positron and other antiparticles* -- 11.4 Feynman diagrams* -- 11.5 Backward in time -- 11.6 Antiparticles* -- 11.7 Positronium* -- 11.8 Normal magnetic moment of the electron -- 11.9 Anomalous magnetic moment of the electron: g-2 -- 11.10 Running coupling constant -- 11.11 Renormalizability of QED -- 12. Transition to Classical Theory -- 12.1 Particles or fields?* -- 12.2 Quasiclassical behavior and the classical limit -- 12.3 The field strength and induction -- 12.4 Electric permittivity and magnetic permeability of vacuum* -- 13. Gravitation -- 13.1 Top and bottom* -- 13.2 The Earth* -- 13.3 The inner structure of the Earth -- 13.4 Temperature of the Earth -- 13.5 Tilt of Earth's axis* -- 13.6 Newton's Law* -- 13.7 Solar system* -- 13.8 The Sun* -- 13.9 Stars in our Galaxy* -- 13.10 Parsec -- 13.11 Supernovae.

14. Other Galaxies -- 14.1 From our Galaxy to other galaxies* -- 14.2 Recession of galaxies* -- 14.3 Kinematic shift* -- 14.4 Gravitational shift* -- 14.5 Quasars and gamma-ray bursts -- 15. Big Bang -- 15.1 The expanding Universe* -- 15.2 The cooling down Universe* -- 15.3 The cosmic microwave radiation (CMB)* -- 15.4 Dark matter* -- 15.5 Dark energy -- 16. Quantum Gravidynamics - QGD -- 16.1 GRT: three canonical effects* -- 16.2 Graviton and QGD* -- 16.3 Nonrenormalizability of QGD -- 16.4 Gravitational radius and black holes -- 16.5 The principle of equivalence? -- 16.6 Planck scale -- 17. Intranuclear Forces -- 17.1 Alpha, beta and gamma rays* -- 17.2 Strong interaction* -- 17.3 Isotopic spin -- 17.4 Weak interaction* -- 17.5 Neutrino and four-fermion interaction* -- 17.6 Nuclear fission* -- 17.7 Nuclear fusion* -- 17.8 From nuclei to particles* -- 18. Particles in Cosmic Rays -- 18.1 Positron* -- 18.2 Muon* -- 18.3 Three pions* -- 18.4 Strange particles* -- 18.5 Strangeness -- 19. Particles in Accelerators -- 19.1 Baryon resonances and antinucleons* -- 19.2 Sakata model -- 19.3 Three sakatons -- 19.4 Octet and singlet of pseudoscalar mesons -- 19.5 Nine vector mesons -- 19.6 Octet of baryons* -- 19.7 Decuplet of baryons -- 19.8 Conference at CERN 1962 -- 19.9 Three quarks* -- 20. Three Discrete Symmetries -- 20.1 C, P, T operations* -- 20.2 Nonconservation of mirror symmetry P* -- 20.3 Nonconservation of charge symmetry C* -- 20.4 The hypothesis of conservation of CP symmetry -- 20.5 Conserved vector current -- 20.6 V-A current -- 20.7 Helicity and chirality* -- 20.8 Nonconservation of the CP* -- 20.9 Mirror particles as the first version of dark matter -- 21. Half a Century Later* -- 21.1 Six quarks -- 21.2 Six leptons -- 21.3 Three generations -- 21.4 Electroweak bosons -- 21.5 Gluons -- 21.6 All fundamental bosons.

22. On Quantum Chromodynamics -- 22.1 Color and SU(3) symmetry* -- 22.2 Color quarks* -- 22.3 Colored gluons* -- 22.4 Confinement* -- 22.5 Masses of nucleons -- 22.6 Chiral limit* -- 22.7 Pion masses -- 22.8 Masses of other quarks -- 22.9 QCD today -- 23. On the Electroweak Theory -- 23.1 Intermediate bosons* -- 23.2 Toy model SU(2) × U(1) -- 23.3 Photon and Z boson in the model SU(2) × U(1) -- 23.4 The first step towards a realistic model -- 23.5 The second and final step -- 23.6 Doublet of scalar fields -- 23.7 Spontaneous breaking of SU(2) × U(1) symmetry -- 23.8 Condensate and the masses of fundamental particles -- 23.9 The search for higgs* -- 23.10 Large Hadron Collider* -- 23.11 Summer 2011: results of the quest for higgs -- 24. Supersymmetry -- 24.1 Spinor generator -- 24.2 Spinor-flavor generators -- 24.3 Summer 2011: Results of the search for light superparticles -- 24.4 Prospects -- 25. Grand Unification -- 25.1 Running of three coupling constants -- 25.2 SU(5) symmetry -- 25.3 Proton and neutron decays -- 25.4 Other symmetries -- 26. In the Vicinity of the Planck Mass -- 26.1 Superstrings -- 26.2 Ten spatial dimensions -- 26.3 M-theory -- 26.4 Anti-de Sitter -- 27. Concluding Remarks* -- 27.1 "The sun rises, the sun sets." -- 27.2 On teaching of physics -- 27.3 On the tragic fate of the SSC -- 27.4 LHC and prospects -- 27.5 On the gist of science and on truth in science -- Postscript I -- Postscript II -- Bibliography -- Some Acronyms -- Index.