The Large Hadron Collider
The Extraordinary Story of the Higgs Boson and Other Stuff That Will Blow Your Mind
$35.20
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
14 September 2020
Summary
An insider’s history of the world’s largest particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider: why it was built, how it works, and the importance of what it has revealed.
Since 2008 scientists have conducted experiments in a hyperenergized, 17-mile supercollider beneath the border of France and Switzerland. The Large Hadron Collider (or what scientists call “the LHC”) is one of the wonders of the modern world—a highly sophisticated scientific instrument designed to re-create in m…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781421439143 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 142143914X |
| Author: | Don Lincoln |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Imprint: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 14 September 2020 |
| Weight: | 6.35kg |
| Dimensions: | 14mm x 152mm x 229mm |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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Critics Review
“Written in accessible language and an engaging manner… I was pleased to see how Lincoln’s sense of humor… lightens what might otherwise be a tedious enumeration of technical details.”
The book is a fast read brimming with personality. Reading about the Large Hadron Collider, with its spinning particle streams, hypercontrolled collisions, and awesome implications, is like learning about what wizards do.
—Foreword Reviews
Lincoln’s tales of the LHC … offer readers fresh insight into some of the most significant research in modern physics.
—Publishers Weekly
Laypersons interested in the building blocks of the universe and/or the newsworthy LHC will learn a lot from this work and enjoy the process.
—Library Journal
Physics blends with some amazing stories of the Higgs boson and other details in a powerful scientific survey packed with insights that are both scientifically detailed and widely accessible to general-interest readers.
—California Bookwatch
This engaging story will be appreciated by readers interested in the frontiers of science … Highly recommended.
—Choice
Written in accessible language and an engaging manner … I was pleased to see how Lincoln’s sense of humor… lightens what might otherwise be a tedious enumeration of technical details.
—Metascience
Don Lincoln
Don Lincoln is a senior scientist at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and an adjunct professor of physics at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of Alien Universe: Extraterrestrials in Our Minds and in the Cosmos and The Quantum Frontier: The Large Hadron Collider.
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