The Particle at the End of the Universe

how the hunt for the Higgs Boson leads us to the edge of a new world

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Hardcover, 341 pages

English language

Published July 23, 2012 by Dutton.

ISBN:
978-0-525-95359-3
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OCLC Number:
809733802

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The Particle at the End of the Universe: How the Hunt for the Higgs Boson Leads Us to the Edge of a New World is a non-fiction book by American theoretical physicist Sean M. Carroll. The book was initially released on November 13, 2012 by Dutton.

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Very good summary of both the history/prediction then the discovery of the Higgs Boson and the development of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, with a good description of what the Higgs Boson and Higgs Fields do. There are appendices which go into slightly more technical detail.
I'm intrigued by the idea of bosons eating other bosons, so now I need to find another book to find out about their diet.

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