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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 conniving, incredible risks, and occasional skulduggery. Sean Carroll reveals the insight, rivalry, and wonder that fuelled the Higgs search, and explores why this particle holds the potential to change the world – much as the electron ushered in the age of nuclear energy and quantum computing. While the first sighting of the infamously named "God particle" essentially solves the riddle of why matter has mass, it also opens a door into the mind-boggling domain of dark matter and other phenomena we never predicted. Told with unparalleled ambition, authority, and access to the competing research teams, this is the definitive, behind-the-scenes account of the landmark discovery of the Higgs boson.
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- Author
- Carroll, Sean
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781780742335
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Science, Philosophy, History
Other editions & translations
- The Particle at the End of the Universe : How the Hunt for the Higgs Boson Leads Us to the Edge of a New World (2012)
- La partícula al final del universo : Del bosón de Higgs al umbral de un nuevo mundo (2013)
- The Particle at the End of the Universe : Winner of the Royal Society Winton Prize (2012)
- The Particle at the End of the Universe : How the Hunt for the Higgs Boson Leads Us to the Edge of a New World (2013)
- The hunt for the Higgs and the discovery of a new world : the hunt for the Higgs and the discovery of a new world (2012)
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