The Particle at the End of the Universe: How the Hunt for the Higgs Boson Leads Us to the Edge of a New World
by:
Sean Carroll (author)
Format: kindle
ASIN: B008BM0IUG
Publish date: November 13th 2012
Publisher: Plume
Pages no: 368
Edition language: English
This was not an easy book to understand and the particle zoo plays a large role in the discussion and often I would lose my way only because the material is sometimes hard to follow, but the book covers everything you always wanted to know about the Higgs Boson and its field, but were afraid to ask....
(Reviewers Note: 3 stars for me personally because it felt more like a recap of things I've already learned, but when I think about it as a recommendation for a different type of audience, the less scientifically initiated, the rating goes up significantly to 4-5 stars. If the world of particle phys...
There is some fairly hard core (for the layperson) particle physics in this book but I think it's explained really well. I loved the book but I did spend a summer as an undergrad at CERN so YMMV. :)
There is some fairly hard core (for the layperson) particle physics in this book but I think it's explained really well. I loved the book but I did spend a summer as an undergrad at CERN so YMMV. :)
12 years ago
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