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The Large Hadron Collider : The Extraordinary Story of the Higgs Boson and Other Stuff That Will Blow Your Mind /

Since 2008, scientists have conducted experiments in a hyperenergized, 17-mile supercollider beneath the border of France and Switzerland. The Large Hadron Collider is one of the wonders of the modern world -- a highly sophisticated scientific instrument designed to recreate in miniature the conditi...

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Autor principal: Lincoln, Don (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2014]
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505 0 |a Beginnings and building blocks -- Stuff we already know -- Accelerators and the LHC -- Incredible detectors -- Teething pains and triumphs -- The dramatic Higgs saga -- Looking for something new -- The future is bright! 
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