本书内容涵盖粒子物理基础、宇宙线的物理（加速、相互作用）和天文（起源、传播）问题及其探测方法。针对目前广为采用的大气簇射实验，本书侧重讨论了大气簇射中宇宙线各成分（包括强子、光子、μ子和中微子）的理论模型及数值模拟方法。书中的理论分析简明直观，密切结合实验，具有较强的针对性。读者通过本书可以对宇宙线这个学科有整体和适当深度的了解。本书适合作为物理学专业高年级本科生和研究生的入门教材。对粒子物理标准模型和天文学有基础性的了解有助于对本书的理解。本书亦适合工作在宇宙线领域的专家学者参考。

Recent years have brought a revival of work on string theory, which haeen a source of fascination since its origins nearly twenty years ago.There seems to be a widely perceived need for a systematic, pedagogical exposition of the present state of knowledge about string theory. We hope that thiook will help to meet this need. To give a prehensive account of such a vast topic as string theory would scarcely be possible,even in two volumes with the length to which these have grown. Indeed,we have had to omit many important subjects, while treating others only sketchily. String field theory is omitted entirely (though the subject of chapter 11 is closely related to light-cone string field theory). Conformal field theory is not developed systematically, though much of the background material needed to understand recent papers on this subject is presented in chapter 3 and elsewhere.

Recent years have brought a revival of work on string theory, which haeen a source of fascination since its origins nearly twenty years ago.There seems to be a widely perceived need for a systematic, pedagogical exposition of the present state of knowledge about string theory. We hope that thiook will help to meet this need. To give a comprehensive account of such a vast topic as string theory would scarcely be possible,even in two volumes with the length to which these have grown. Indeed,we have had to omit many important subjects, while treating others only sketchily. String field theory is omitted entirely (though the subject of chapter 11 is closely related to light-cone string field theory). Conformal field theory is not developed systematically, though much of the background material needed to understand recent papers on this subject is presented in chapter 3 and elsewhere.

Recent years have brought a revival of work on string theory, which haeen a source of fascination since its origins nearly twenty years ago.There seems to be a widely perceived need for a systematic, pedagogical exposition of the present state of knowledge about string theory. We hope that thiook will help to meet this need. To give a prehensive account of such a vast topic as string theory would scarcely be possible,even in two volumes with the length to which these have grown. Indeed,we have had to omit many important subjects, while treating others only sketchily. String field theory is omitted entirely (though the subject of chapter 11 is closely related to light-cone string field theory). Conformal field theory is not developed systematically, though much of the background material needed to understand recent papers on this subject is presented in chapter 3 and elsewhere.

Recent years have brought a revival of work on string theory, which haeen a source of fascination since its origins nearly twenty years ago.There seems to be a widely perceived need for a systematic, pedagogical exposition of the present state of knowledge about string theory. We hope that thiook will help to meet this need. To give a prehensive account of such a vast topic as string theory would scarcely be possible,even in two volumes with the length to which these have grown. Indeed,we have had to omit many important subjects, while treating others only sketchily. String field theory is omitted entirely (though the subject of chapter 11 is closely related to light-cone string field theory). Conformal field theory is not developed systematically, though much of the background material needed to understand recent papers on this subject is presented in chapter 3 and elsewhere.

为了便于读者了解宇称不守恒思想突破的历史过程和科学文献，本书分三篇收录了相关文献。 篇收入了有关这一发现的重要理论和实验记录：李政道、杨振宁的论文《弱相互作用中宇称守恒质疑》，吴健雄和安布勒（E.Ambler）等的论文《β衰变中宇称守恒的实验检验》和布德（R.Budde）、克雷蒂安（M.Chretien）等的论文《1.3GeVπ-介子产生的不稳定重粒子的性质》。 第二篇收入的是，1986年11月22日在哥伦比亚大学物理系举行的“宇称不守恒发现30周年学术报告会”的有关历史文献。 第三篇主要为《李政道答（科学时报）记者问》、伯恩斯坦（J.Bernstein）的《宇称问题侧记》、富兰克林（A.Franklin）的《宇称不守恒的发现与未发现》等相关文献。

为了便于读者了解宇称不守恒思想突破的历史过程和科学文献，本书分三篇收录了相关文献。 篇收入了有关这一发现的重要理论和实验记录：李政道、杨振宁的论文《弱相互作用中宇称守恒质疑》，吴健雄和安布勒（E.Ambler）等的论文《β衰变中宇称守恒的实验检验》和布德（R.Budde）、克雷蒂安（M.Chretien）等的论文《1.3GeVπ-介子产生的不稳定重粒子的性质》。 第二篇收入的是，1986年11月22日在哥伦比亚大学物理系举行的“宇称不守恒发现30周年学术报告会”的有关历史文献。 第三篇主要为《李政道答（科学时报）记者问》、伯恩斯坦（J.Bernstein）的《宇称问题侧记》、富兰克林（A.Franklin）的《宇称不守恒的发现与未发现》等相关文献。

Recent years have brought a revival of work on string theory, which haeen a source of fascination since its origins nearly twenty years ago.There seems to be a widely perceived need for a systematic, pedagogical exposition of the present state of knowledge about string theory. We hope that thiook will help to meet this need. To give a comprehensive account of such a vast topic as string theory would scarcely be possible,even in two volumes with the length to which these have grown. Indeed,we have had to omit many important subjects, while treating others only sketchily. String field theory is omitted entirely (though the subject of chapter 11 is closely related to light-cone string field theory). Conformal field theory is not developed systematically, though much of the background material needed to understand recent papers on this subject is presented in chapter 3 and elsewhere.