Particle at the End of the Universe

Winner of the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science BooksA Best Science Book of the Year for the Guardian, Financial Times, and New ScientistIt was the universe's most elusive particle, the linchpin for everything scientists dreamed up to explain how physics works. It had to be found. But projects as big as CERN's Large Hadron Collider don't happen without incredible risks - or occasional skulduggery. In the definitive account of the greatest science story of our time, acclaimed physicist Sean Carroll reveals the insights, rivalry, and wonder that fuelled the Higgs discovery, and takes us on a riveting and irresistible ride to the very edge of physics today.

About the author

Sean Carroll is Homewood Professor of natural philosophy at Johns Hopkins University. He won the Royal Society Winton Prize for his book on the search for the elusive Higgs boson, The Particle at the End of the Universe, and The Big Picture was an international bestseller. He lives in Los Angeles. @seanmcarroll   preposterousuniverse.com

Product details

• Authors: Sean Carroll, CARROLL SEAN
• Publisher: Oneworld
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 12.07.2019
• EAN: 9781786076069
• ISBN: 978-1-78607-606-9
• No. of pages: 341
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 198 mm x 24 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Atomic physics, nuclear physics; popular science, Particle & high-energy physics, Particle and high-energy physics, SCIENCE / Physics / Particle