The Rise and Fall of the Fifth Force Discovery, Pursuit, and Justification in Modern Physics /

• Main Authors: Franklin, Allan (Author), Fischbach, Ephraim (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2016.
• Subjects: Physics.; Philosophy and science.; Gravitation.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Physical measurements.; Measurement.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Measurement Science and Instrumentation.; Philosophy of Science.

This book provides the reader with a detailed and captivating account of the story where, for the first time, physicists ventured into proposing a new force of nature beyond the four known ones - the electromagnetic, weak and strong forces, and gravitation - based entirely on the reanalysis of exist...