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Higgs : the invention and discovery of the 'God particle' / Jim Baggott

By: Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012Edition: 1st ed (Online-Ausg.)Description: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (xxi, 277 p.)) : illISBN:
  • 9781282166714
  • 1282166719
  • 9780191650024
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: 0199603499 | 9780199603497 | 1282166700 | Erscheint auch als: Higgs. Druck-Ausgabe 1. ed. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. XXI, 277 S.DDC classification:
  • 539.721
MSC: MSC: *81-01 | 81V25 | 81P05 | 00A79RVK: RVK: UB 5180LOC classification:
  • QC793.5.B62
Online resources: Summary: 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.Summary: Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- About the Author -- Preface -- Foreword by Steven Weinberg -- Prologue: Form and Substance -- Part I: Invention -- 1 The Poetry of Logical Ideas -- 2 Not a Sufficient Excuse -- 3 People Will Be Very Stupid About It -- 4 Applying the Right Ideas to the Wrong Problem -- 5 I Can Do That -- Part II: Discovery -- 6 Alternating Neutral Currents -- 7 They Must Be Ws -- 8 Throw Deep -- 9 A Fantastic Moment -- 10 The Shakespeare Question -- Epilogue: The Construction of Mass -- Endnotes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- Footnotes.PPN: PPN: 790356635Package identifier: Produktsigel: GBV-MyiL-Osna-228 | ZDB-26-MYL | ZDB-30-PAD | ZDB-30-PQE
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