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The particle at the end of the universe: the hunt for the Higgs and the discovery of a new world

It was the universes most elusive particle, the linchpin for everything scientists dreamed up to explain how stuff works. It had to be found. But projects as big as CERN's Large Hadron Collider don't happen without dealing and conniving, incredible risks and occasional skullduggery. Award-...

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Autor principal: Carroll, Sean
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: Oneworld 2012
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Acceso en línea:http://cds.cern.ch/record/1474089
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spelling cern-14740892021-04-22T00:25:27Zhttp://cds.cern.ch/record/1474089engCarroll, SeanThe particle at the end of the universe: the hunt for the Higgs and the discovery of a new worldParticle PhysicsIt was the universes most elusive particle, the linchpin for everything scientists dreamed up to explain how stuff works. It had to be found. But projects as big as CERN's Large Hadron Collider don't happen without dealing and conniving, incredible risks and occasional skullduggery. Award-winning physicist and science popularizer Sean Carroll reveals the history-making forces of insight, rivalry, and wonder that fuelled the Higgs search and how its discovery opens a door into the mind-boggling domain of dark matter and other phenomena we never predicted. Told with unrivalled ambition, authority, and access to the teams, this is the greatest science story of our time - riveting and irresistible.Winner of the 2013 Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books 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.The definitive, behind-the-scenes account of the landmark discovery of the Higgs boson at CERN's Large Hadron Collider, from acclaimed physicist Sean Carroll.Oneworldoai:cds.cern.ch:14740892012
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