The Particle at the End of the Universe: How the Hunt for the Higgs Boson Leads Us to the Edge...
- ISBN-10
- 0142180300
- ISBN-13
- 9780142180303
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 353
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013
- Publisher
- Dutton
- Author
- Sean Carroll
Description
Examines the effort to discover the Higgs boson particle by tracing the development and use of the Large Hadron Collider and how its findings are dramatically shaping scientific understandings while enabling world-changing innovations.
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