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    Who cares about particle physics? : making sense of the Higgs boson, the Large Hadron Collider and CERN / Pauline Gagnon, Indiana University, USA.

    By: Gagnon, Pauline, 1955- [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: First editionDescription: xvii, 248 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 23 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780198783244; 0198783248Subject(s): Particles (Nuclear physics) | Particles (Nuclear physics)DDC classification: 539.7/2 LOC classification: QC793.26 | .G34 2016
    Contents:
    What is matter made of? -- What about the Higgs boson? -- Accelerators and detectors: the essential tools -- The discovery of the Higgs boson -- The dark side of the universe -- Calling SUSY to the rescue -- What does basic research put on our plates? -- A unique management model -- Diversity in physics -- What could the next big discoveries be?
    Summary: POPULAR SCIENCE. 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 countries contributed 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.
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    Includes bibliographical references and index.

    What is matter made of? -- What about the Higgs boson? -- Accelerators and detectors: the essential tools -- The discovery of the Higgs boson -- The dark side of the universe -- Calling SUSY to the rescue -- What does basic research put on our plates? -- A unique management model -- Diversity in physics -- What could the next big discoveries be?

    POPULAR SCIENCE. 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 countries contributed 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.

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