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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lincoln, Don (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2014]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Large Hadron Collider (France and Switzerland)
Higgs bosons.
Particles (Nuclear physics).
SCIENCE > Nuclear Physics.
particle physics.
Particules (Physique nucleaire)
Grand collisionneur de hadrons (France et Suisse)
Bosons de Higgs.
Particles (Nuclear physics)
Narrative non-fiction.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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