| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
The history of CERN -- The practitioner: Rolf-Dieter Heuer -- The atomic theory of Democritus of Abdera -- Democritus' atomic model -- The beginning of modern physics: Galileo, Copernicus, and Kepler -- The experimentalist: Tejinder S. Virdee -- The four fundamental forces (interactions) -- Quotes by and about Newton -- Isaac Newton -- Dalton, Thomson, Rutherford, Bohr -- The man who built the LHC: Lyn Evans -- The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) -- Physics, music, and art: Tara Shears -- The theorist: John Ellis -- The standard model -- Oersted-Ampère-Faraday-Maxwell -- Hans Christian Oersted (1777-1851) -- André-Marie Ampère (1775-1836) -- Michael Faraday (1791-1867) -- Electromagnetic induction-classical field theory -- Electromagnetism: James Clerk Maxwell -- The communicator: Rolf Landua -- Edwin Powell Hubble (1889-1953) -- Albert Einstein (1879-1955) -- Einstein quotes -- The Japanese way: Masaki Hori -- Antimater I -- The Michelson-Morley experiment -- Antimatter II -- Einstein's cosmological constant -- The nobel prize laureate: Carlo Rubbia -- The Rubbiatron -- The American friend: Sebastian White -- The Flammarion engraving -- The Crab Nebula-Type II supernovae -- Type 1A Supernovae -- Friendly competitors: Sebastian White and Albert De Roeck -- ATLAS and CMS -- a healthy competition -- Rock 'n' roll, beer, billiards, and music: Jonathan Butterworth -- Beauty is where you find it -- The Higgs boson: and then? |
| Summary |
This informative and entertaining book provides a broad look at the fascinating history of CERN, and the physicists working in different areas at CERN who were active in the discovery of the Higgs Boson. Profound and well-structured, the contents combine present day interviews with the scientists of CERN, the world's largest laboratory dedicated to the pursuit of fundamental science, with important figures in the history of science (e.g., Maxwell, Faraday, Einstein), and also gives a lot of information on the history of quantum mechanics and the history of physics from its beginnings. It is an easy-to-read book on a complex topic, providing a very personal insight into the personalities of top scientists and the history of science as well. This invaluable book will capture the interest of the curious reader, telling the story of one of the greatest scientific endeavors ever |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
European Organization for Nuclear Research -- History
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| SUBJECT |
European Organization for Nuclear Research fast |
| Subject |
Higgs bosons.
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SCIENCE -- Physics -- Quantum Theory.
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Higgs bosons
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789814623476 |
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9814623474 |
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