Spin Particles

[Crash]

Just wondering if anybody can explain the true meaning behind the "spin" of particles e.g electrons are spin 1/2, while other particles have a spin of 0,1,2

I know that the word "spin" is only the name and not an actual description.....Cheers

[Skye]

This looks reasonably understandable:

 

http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/spin/spin.html

[Crash]

Ah cheers dude

[apathy]

it's the angular momentum left over after orbital angular momentum is accounted for, it looked like spinning so they called it spin