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Most wanted particle : the inside story of the hunt for the Higgs, the heart of the future of physics / Jon Butterworth ; foreword by Lisa Randall.
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- ISBN: 1615193014 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9781615193011 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: xv, 287 pages : illustrations
- Publisher: New York : Experiment, [2016]
- Copyright: ©2015
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally published as: Smashing physics. London : Headline Publishing Group, 2014. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses, and index. |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 23.95 |
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| Subject: | Butterworth, Jon > Career in physics. European Organization for Nuclear Research. Large Hadron Collider (France and Switzerland) Higgs bosons. |
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Physicist Jon Butterworth was at the frontlines of the hunt for the Higgs at CERNâs Large Hadron Colliderâperhaps the most ambitious experiment in history. In Most Wanted Particle, he gives us the first inside account of that uncertain time, when an entire field hinged on a single particle, and life at the cutting edge of science meant media scrutiny, late-night pub debates, dispiriting false starts in the face of intense pressure, and countless hours at the collider itself. As Butterworth explains, our first glimpse of the elusive Higgs brings us a giant step closer to understanding the universeâand points the way to an entirely new kind of physics. - Workman Press.Now in paperback: From a top physicist at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the first insider account of the discovery of the Higgs particle, and what it all means for our understanding of the laws of nature.
Jon Butterworth captures a singular moment in science, when the entire field of particle physics hinged on a fundamental question: Why do some particles have mass? A leading physicist at CERNâs Large Hadron Collider, the worldâs largest science experiment, Butterworth recounts the fast-paced, high-stakes hunt for the Higgs bosonâthe stubbornly elusive particle that would finally validate a 50-year-old theory . . . and change physics forever. - Workman Press.Now in paperback: the “vivid account of what the process of discovery was really like for an insider.”—Peter Higgs
Particle physics as we know it depends on the Higgs boson: It’s the missing link between the birth of our universe—as a sea of tiny, massless particles—and the tangible world we live in today. But for more than 50 years, scientists wondered: Does it exist?
Physicist Jon Butterworth was at the frontlines of the hunt for the Higgs at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider—perhaps the most ambitious experiment in history. In Most Wanted Particle, he gives us the first inside account of that uncertain time, when an entire field hinged on a single particle, and life at the cutting edge of science meant media scrutiny, late-night pub debates, dispiriting false starts in the face of intense pressure, and countless hours at the collider itself. As Butterworth explains, our first glimpse of the elusive Higgs brings us a giant step closer to understanding the universe—and points the way to an entirely new kind of physics. - WW Norton
Now in paperback: the âvivid account of what the process of discovery was really like for an insider.ââPeter Higgs - WW Norton
Does it exist?Most Wanted Particle
