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The Infinity Puzzle: The personalities, politics, and extraordinary science behind the Higgs boson
Frank Close
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Description for The Infinity Puzzle: The personalities, politics, and extraordinary science behind the Higgs boson
Paperback. Forty years ago, three physicists - Peter Higgs, Gerard 't Hooft, and James Bjorken - made the spectacular breakthroughs that led to the world's largest experiment, CERN's Large Hadron Collider. Against a backdrop of high politics and billion dollar budgets, this is the story of their work, the quest for the Higgs boson, and its eventual discovery. Num Pages: 432 pages, One 8pp b/w plate section and several line drawings. BIC Classification: PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 650.
We are living in a Golden Age of Physics. Forty or so years ago, three brilliant, yet little-known scientists - an American, a Dutchman, and an Englishman - made breakthroughs which later inspired the construction of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Geneva: a 27 kilometre-long machine that cost ten billion dollars, took twenty years to build, and finally discovered a particle consistent with the Higgs boson. The Infinity Puzzle is the inside story of those forty years of research, breakthrough, and endeavour. Peter Higgs, Gerard 't Hooft and James Bjorken were the three scientists whose work ... Read more
We are living in a Golden Age of Physics. Forty or so years ago, three brilliant, yet little-known scientists - an American, a Dutchman, and an Englishman - made breakthroughs which later inspired the construction of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Geneva: a 27 kilometre-long machine that cost ten billion dollars, took twenty years to build, and finally discovered a particle consistent with the Higgs boson. The Infinity Puzzle is the inside story of those forty years of research, breakthrough, and endeavour. Peter Higgs, Gerard 't Hooft and James Bjorken were the three scientists whose work ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
650g
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199673308
SKU
V9780199673308
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About Frank Close
Frank Close is Professor of Theoretical Physics at Oxford University and former head of the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. During his career he has worked closely with CERN, home of the LHC. He is a well-established science writer, and his recent short books for The Void and Antimatter - have been highly successful. In 2013 Professor Close was awarded the Royal ... Read more
Reviews for The Infinity Puzzle: The personalities, politics, and extraordinary science behind the Higgs boson
this is an insider's view of a story that changed our understanding of the nature of reality.
Guardian
Review from previous edition fascinating book
Nature
thoroughly researched and well-crafted narrative
New Scientist
masterpiece...I never normally give 5 stars but for this I make an exception.
John Gribbin, BBC Focus
If [the Higgs ... Read more
Guardian
Review from previous edition fascinating book
Nature
thoroughly researched and well-crafted narrative
New Scientist
masterpiece...I never normally give 5 stars but for this I make an exception.
John Gribbin, BBC Focus
If [the Higgs ... Read more