The particle at the end of the universe : how the hunt for the Higgs boson leads us to the edge of a new world / Sean Carroll.
Author: Carroll, Sean M., 1966-
Publisher: New York : Dutton, c2012.
ISBN: 9780525953593 (hbk.)
0525953590 (hbk.)
Description: x, 341 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Subject: Higgs bosons.
Contents: The point -- Next to godliness -- Atoms and particles -- The accelerator story -- The largest machine ever built -- Wisdom through smashing -- Particles in the waves -- Through a broken mirror -- Bringing down the house -- Spreading the word -- Nobel dreams -- Beyond this horizon -- Making it worth defending.
