The particle at the end of the universe : how the hunt for the Higgs boson leads us to the edge of a new world / Sean Carroll.
Scientists have just announced an historic discovery on a par with the splitting of the atom: the Higgs boson, the key to understanding why mass exists, has been found. Carroll takes readers behind the scenes of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN to meet the scientists and explain this landmark event. We only discovered the electron just over a hundred years ago and considering where that took us-- from nuclear energy to quantum computing-- the inventions that will result from the Higgs discovery will be world-changing.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780525953593
- ISBN: 0525953590
- Physical Description: x, 341 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : Dutton, [2012]
- Copyright: ©2012
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-320) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Prologue -- The point -- Next to godliness -- Atoms and particles -- The accelerator story -- The largest machine ever built -- Wisdom through smashing -- Particles in the waves -- Through a broken mirror -- Bringing down the house -- Spreading the word -- Nobel dreams -- Beyond this horizon -- Making it worth defending -- Appendix one. Mass and spin -- Appendix two. Standard model particles -- Appendix three. Particles and their interactions.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Swansboro Branch Library | 539.721 CAR (Text) | 36015000935177 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
