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"Two leading physicists discuss the importance of the Higgs Boson, the future of particle physics, and the mysteries of the universe yet to be unraveled. n July 4, 2012, the long-sought Higgs Boson--aka "the God Particle"--was discovered at the world's largest particle accelerator, the LHC, in Geneva, Switzerland. On March 14, 2013, physicists at CERN confirmed it. This elusive subatomic particle forms a field that permeates the entire universe, creating the masses of the elementary particles that are the basic building blocks of everything in the known world--from viruses to elephants, from atoms to quasars. Starting where Nobel Laureate Leon Lederman's bestseller The God Particleleft off, this incisive new book explains what's next. Lederman and Hill discuss key questions that will occupy physicists for years to come- * Why were scientists convinced that something like the "God Particle" had to exist? * What new particles, forces, and laws of physics lie beyond the "God Particle"? * What powerful new accelerators are now needed for the US to recapture a leadership role in science and to reach &qu

ISBN-13

9781616148010

ISBN-10

1616148012

Weight

1.35 Pounds

Dimensions

6.00 x 0.85 x 9.00 In

List Price

$24.95

Edition

1st Edition

Format

Hardcover

Pages

325 pages

Publisher

Prometheus

Published On

2013-10-08



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