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Cargando... Who cares about particle physics? : making sense of the Higgs boson, the Large Hadron Collider and CERNpor Pauline Gagnon
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CERN, the European Laboratory for particle physics, regularly makes the news. What kind of research happens at this international laboratory and how does it impact people's daily lives? Why is the discovery of the Higgs boson so important? Particle physics describes all matter found on Earth,in stars and all galaxies but it also tries to go beyond what is known to describe dark matter, a form of matter five times more prevalent than the known, regular matter. How do we know this mysterious dark matter exists and is there a chance it will be discovered soon? About sixty countriescontributed to the construction of the gigantic Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN and its immense detectors. Dive in to discover how international teams of researchers work together to push scientific knowledge forward.Here is a book written for every person who wishes to learn a little more about particle physics, without requiring prior scientific knowledge. It starts from the basics to build a solid understanding of current research in particle physics. A good dose of curiosity is all one will need to discovera whole world that spans from the infinitesimally small and stretches to the infinitely large, and where imminent discoveries could mark the dawn of a huge revolution in the current conception of the material world. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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The author (whom I've met and is pretty awesome) makes a great case for the importance of theoretical physics research, how it is accomplished on a large scale at CERN, and why diversity is important in STEM fields, physics in particular.
If you're interested in learning more about particle physics, are eager to understand what the deal about the Higgs Boson is, or just plain-old like science, this is a book for you. ( )