Collider: The Search for the World's Smallest Particles

by Paul Halpern

Book Overview

An accessible look at the hottest topic in physics and the experiments that will transform our understanding of the universe

The biggest news in science today is the Large Hadron Collider, the world's largest and most powerful particle-smasher, and the anticipation of finally discovering the Higgs boson particle. But what is the Higgs boson and why is it often referred to as the God Particle? Why are the Higgs and the LHC so important? Getting...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0470286202
• ISBN13: 9780470286203
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Trade Paper Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.4"