The Particle at the End of the Universe: The Hunt for the Higgs Boson and the Discovery of a New World by Sean Carroll

The Particle at the End of the Universe: The Hunt for the Higgs Boson and the Discovery of a New World

Sean Carroll

236 pages first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction science challenging informative medium-paced

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It 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 – and occasi...

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