The God Particle,9780618711680

The God Particle

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Edition: Reprint
ISBN13: 9780618711680
ISBN10: 0618711686
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2006-06-26
Publisher(s): Mariner Books
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Summary

The Nobel Prizewinning physicist Leon Lederman guides readers on an enormously accessible tour of the history of particle physics, from the Greeks" earliest scientific observations through Einstein and beyond. He takes us on the quest for the Higgs boson, nicknamed the God particle, which will help unlock the last secrets of the subatomic universe. In the new preface for this edition, Lederman explains some of the up-to-theminute advances in supercollider research that are bringing answers ever closer.

Table of Contents

Preface ix
Dramatis Personae xiii
1 THE INVISIBLE SOCCER BALL 1(24)
2 THE FIRST PARTICLE PHYSICIST 25(40)
Interlude A: A Tale of Two Cities
64(1)
3 LOOKING FOR THE ATOM: THE MECHANICS 65(39)
4 STILL LOOKING FOR THE ATOM: CHEMISTS AND ELECTRICIANS 104(37)
5 THE NAKED ATOM 141(58)
Interlude B: The Dancing Moo-Shu Masters
189(10)
6 ACCELERATORS: THEY SMASH ATOMS, DON'T THEY? 199(75)
Interlude C: How We Violated Parity in a Weekend...and Discovered God
256(18)
7 A-TOM! 274(68)
8 THE GOD PARTICLE AT LAST 342(40)
9 INNER SPACE, OUTER SPACE, AND THE TIME BEFORE TIME 382(29)
Acknowledgments 411(1)
A Note on History and Sources 412(3)
Index 415

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