Higgs : the invention and discovery of the 'god particle' /
Baggott, J. E.
Higgs : the invention and discovery of the 'god particle' / Jim Baggott. - 1st ed. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. - xxi, 277 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 254-256) and index.
Prologue: Form and substance -- pt. 1. Invention -- The poetry of logical ideas -- Not a sufficient excuse -- People will be very stupid about it -- Applying the right ideas to the wrong problem -- I can do that -- pt. 2. Discovery -- Alternating neutral currents -- They must be Ws -- Throw deep -- A fantastic moment -- The Shakespeare question -- Epilogue: The construction of mass.
Relates the history of the search for the Higgs boson, also known as the "God" particle.
0199603499 9780199603497
2012471883
016130657 Uk
Higgs bosons--Popular works.
Particles (Nuclear physics)--Popular works.
Standard model (Nuclear physics)--Popular works.
Higgs : the invention and discovery of the 'god particle' / Jim Baggott. - 1st ed. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. - xxi, 277 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 254-256) and index.
Prologue: Form and substance -- pt. 1. Invention -- The poetry of logical ideas -- Not a sufficient excuse -- People will be very stupid about it -- Applying the right ideas to the wrong problem -- I can do that -- pt. 2. Discovery -- Alternating neutral currents -- They must be Ws -- Throw deep -- A fantastic moment -- The Shakespeare question -- Epilogue: The construction of mass.
Relates the history of the search for the Higgs boson, also known as the "God" particle.
0199603499 9780199603497
2012471883
016130657 Uk
Higgs bosons--Popular works.
Particles (Nuclear physics)--Popular works.
Standard model (Nuclear physics)--Popular works.