The Large Hadron Collider: The Extraordinary Story of the Higgs Boson and Other Stuff That Will Blow Your Mind
Author:   Don Lincoln (Fermilab)
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN:  

9781421413518


Pages:   240
Publication Date:   26 November 2014
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Format:   Hardback
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The Large Hadron Collider: The Extraordinary Story of the Higgs Boson and Other Stuff That Will Blow Your Mind


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Author:   Don Lincoln (Fermilab)
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.476kg
ISBN:  

9781421413518


ISBN 10:   1421413515
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   26 November 2014
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available.

Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgments 1. Beginnings and Building Blocks 2. Stuff We Already Know 3. Accelerators and the LHC 4. Incredible Detectors 5. Teething Pains and Triumphs 6. The Dramatic Higgs Saga 7. Looking for Something New 8. The Future Is Bright! Suggested Reading Index

Reviews

The book is a fast read brimming with personality. Reading about the Large Hadron Collider, with its spinning particle streams, hypercontrolled collisions, and awesome implications, is like learning about what wizards do. -- Anna Call Foreword Reviews Lincoln's tales of the LHC... offer readers fresh insight into some of the most significant research in modern physics. Publishers Weekly Laypersons interested in the building blocks of the universe and/or the newsworthy LHC will learn a lot from this work and enjoy the process. Library Journal Physics blends with some amazing stories of the Higgs boson and other details in a powerful scientific survey packed with insights that are both scientifically detailed and widely accessible to general-interest readers. California Bookwatch This engaging story will be appreciated by readers interested in the frontiers of science... Highly recommended. Choice


...The book is a fast read brimming with personality. Reading about the Large Hadron Collider, with its spinning particle streams, hypercontrolled collisions, and awesome implications, is like learning about what wizards do. -- Anna Call Foreword Reviews


Author Information

Author Website:   http://drdonlincoln.fnal.gov/

Don Lincoln is a senior scientist at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and an adjunct professor of physics at the University of Notre Dame. He is author of Alien Universe: Extraterrestrials in Our Minds and in the Cosmos and The Quantum Frontier: The Large Hadron Collider, both published by Johns Hopkins.

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Author Website:   http://drdonlincoln.fnal.gov/

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