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

Title: Higgs : the invention and discovery of the 'god particle' / Jim Baggott.
Author: Baggott, J. E.
Publication: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.

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xxi, 277 p. : ill.; 21 cm.

Summary

Relates the history of the search for the Higgs boson, also known as the "God" particle.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Contents

Prologue: Form and substance -- pt. 1. Invention -- The poetry of logical ideas -- Not a sufficient excuse -- People will be very stupid about it -- Applying the right ideas to the wrong problem -- I can do that -- pt. 2. Discovery -- Alternating neutral currents -- They must be Ws -- Throw deep -- A fantastic moment -- The Shakespeare question -- Epilogue: The construction of mass.

ISBN

0199603499
9780199603497

OCLC

806431281

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