The Particle at the End of the Universe
Edition: paperback edition reprint
Publisher: Oneworld
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 341
ISBN-13: 9781780742458
Copyright date: 2013
Description: It was the universe’s most elusive particle, the linchpin for everything scientists dreamed up to explain how physics works. It had to be found. But projects as big as CERN’s Large Hadron Collider don’t happen without incredible risks – and occasional skullduggery. In the definitive account of this landmark event, Caltech physicist and acclaimed science writer Sean Carroll reveals the insights, rivalry, and wonder that fuelled the Higgs discovery, and takes us on a riveting and irresistible ride to the very edge of physics today.
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