The Infinity Puzzle: How the Hunt to Understand the Universe Led to Extraordinary Science, High Politics, and the Large Hadron Collider

By Frank Close

Book Overview

Speculation is rife that by 2012 the elusive Higgs boson will be found at the Large Hadron Collider. If found, the Higgs boson would help explain why everything has mass. But there's more at stake --... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0307399818
• ISBN13: 9780307399816
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Knopf Canada
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.4" x 6.4"
• Age Range: 16 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 11 and higher