Full name: Most Wanted Particle: The Inside Story of the Hunt for the Higgs, the Heart of the Future of Physics

Author: Jon Butterworth Year: 2014 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Science, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads LibraryThing ISBNs: 9781615193011 1615193014

The discovery of the Higgs boson made headlines around the world. Two scientists, Peter Higgs and Francois Englert, whose theories predicted its existence, shared a Nobel Prize. The discovery was the culmination of the largest experiment ever run, the ATLAS and CMS experiments at CERN's Large Hadron Collider. But what really is a Higgs boson and what does it do? How was it found? And how has its discovery changed our understanding of the fundamental laws of nature? And what did it feel like to be part of it? Jon Butterworth is one of the leading physicists at CERN and this book is his inside account of the hunt for the Higgs." Similar books: Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben Mycelium Running by Paul Stamets This Phenomenal Life by Misha Blaise Parasite Rex by Carl Zimmer I Contain Multitudes by Ed Yong Parallel Worlds by Michio Kaku A Student's Guide to Maxwell's Equations by Daniel Fleisch Gravitation by Charles W. Misner Six Not-So-Easy Pieces by Richard P. Feynman Survival of the Sickest by Sharon Moalem Molecular Biology of the Cell by Bruce Alberts Psilocybin Mushrooms of the World by Paul Stamets Undeniable by Bill Nye How to Solve It by George Polya Journey to the Ants by Bert Holldobler The Cloud Collector's Handbook by Gavin Pretor-Pinney Woman by Natalie Angier Humble Pi by Matt Parker For Love of Insects by Thomas Eisner