Higgs: The Invention and Discovery of the 'god Particle' - Softcover

Baggott, Jim

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ISBN 10: 0199679576 ISBN 13: 9780199679577

Verlag: Oxford University Press, 2013

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Explains the science behind the discovery, how the theory was developed, and its implications for the future.

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Jim Baggott is a freelance science writer. He was a lecturer in chemistry at the University of Reading but left to pursue a business career, where he first worked with Shell International Petroleum Company and then as an independent business consultant and trainer. His many books include Atomic: The First War of Physics (Icon, 2009), Beyond Measure: Modern Physics, Philosophy and the Meaning of Quantum Theory (OUP, 2003), A Beginner's Guide to Reality (Penguin, 2005), and A Quantum Story: A History in 40 Moments (OUP, 2010).

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The hunt for the Higgs particle involved the biggest, most expensive experiment ever. Finally, on 4 July 2012, CERN made the momentous announcement that a Higgs-like particle had been discovered. Here, Jim Baggott explains the science behind the discovery, how the theory was developed, and its implications for the future.

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• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0199679576
• ISBN 13: 9780199679577
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 304
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