The Particle Zoo
the search for the fundamental nature of reality
$40.59
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
7 August 2017
Summary
Unveiling the Universe: A Journey Through the Particle Zoo
What is everything really made of? If we split matter down into smaller and infinitesimally smaller pieces, where do we arrive? At the Particle Zoo - the extraordinary subatomic world of antimatter, ghostly neutrinos, strange-flavoured quarks and time-travelling electrons, gravitons and glueballs, mindboggling eleven-dimensional strings and the elusive Higgs boson itself.
Be guided around this strangest of zoos by Ga…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781784298708 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1784298700 |
| Author: | Gavin Hesketh |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | Quercus Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 7 August 2017 |
| Weight: | 270g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 130mm x 22mm |
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About The Author
Gavin Hesketh
Gavin Hesketh is an experimental particle physicist, supported by the Royal Society and based at University College London and CERN in Switzerland.
He is currently working on the ATLAS experiment, one of the major projects at the Large Hadron Collider, and is therefore at the heart of the cutting edge experiments that are searching for a deeper understanding of the universe at its most fundamental scales.
Gavin has appeared on the BBC’s Horizon and Stargazing Live programs and been interviewed regularly on Radio 5Live about discoveries at the Large Hadron Collider.
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