Higgs Discovery
The Power of Empty Space
- Paperback
64 pages
- Release Date
9 August 2012
Summary
What is the Higgs boson? And where will its discovery lead? Renowned physicist Lisa Randall explains this landmark event in modern science and its startlingly beautiful implications.
On July 4th, 2012, one of physics’ most exhilarating results was announced- a new particle - and very likely a new kind of particle - had been discovered at the Large Hadron Collider, the huge particle accelerator designed to reproduce energies present in the universe a fraction of a second after the Big …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781847922571 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1847922570 |
| Author: | Lisa Randall |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | The Bodley Head Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 64 |
| Release Date: | 9 August 2012 |
| Weight: | 68g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 4mm |
| Series: | The Bodley Head |
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A lucid, deft and engaging summation of dogged determination and “heroic engineering”
A lucid, deft and engaging summation of dogged determination and “heroic engineering” * Nature *
About The Author
Lisa Randall
Lisa Randall is Professor of Physics at Harvard University. She is one of today’s most influential and most cited theoretical physicists, and has received numerous awards and honours. Randall is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Physical Society, and is the recipient of several honorary degrees. When not solving the problems of the universe, she can be found rock climbing, skiing, or contributing to art-science connections.
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