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Higgs: the invention and discovery of the 'god particle' / Jim Baggott.

By: Publication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.Description: xxi, 277 p. illustrationsISBN:
  • 9780199603497
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 539.721 Q2
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Contents:
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.
Summary: Relates the history of the search for the Higgs boson, also known as the "God" particle.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 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.

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