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The infinity puzzle : quantum field theory and the hunt for an orderly universe /
"Speculation is rife that by 2012 the elusive Higgs boson will be found at the Large Hadron Collider. If found, the Higgs boson would help explain why everything has mass. But there's more at stake-what we're really testing is our capacity to make the universe reasonable. Our best und...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Basic Books,
©2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Speculation is rife that by 2012 the elusive Higgs boson will be found at the Large Hadron Collider. If found, the Higgs boson would help explain why everything has mass. But there's more at stake-what we're really testing is our capacity to make the universe reasonable. Our best understanding of physics is predicated on something known as quantum field theory. Unfortunately, in its raw form, it doesn't make sense--its outputs are physically impossible infinite percentages when they should be something simpler, like the number 1. The kind of physics that the Higgs boson represents seeks to 'renormalize' field theory, forcing equations to provide answers that match what we see in the real world. The Infinity Puzzle is the story of a wild idea on the road to acceptance. Only Close can tell it"--Provided by publisher. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 435 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780465028030 0465028039 1280598603 9781280598609 9786613628435 6613628433 0465021441 9780465021444 |