E-grāmata: Beyond the God Particle

Two leading physicists discuss the importance of the Higgs Boson, the future of particle physics, and the mysteries of the universe yet to be unraveled. On July 4, 2012, the long-sought Higgs Boson--aka the God Particle--was discovered at the worldslargest particle accelerator, the LHC, in Geneva, Switzerland. On March 14, 2013, physicists at CERN confirmed it. This elusive subatomic particle forms a field that permeates the entire universe, creating the masses of the elementary particles that are the basic building blocks of everything in the known world--from viruses to elephants, from atoms to quasars. Starting where Nobel Laureate Leon Ledermans bestseller The God Particle left off, this incisive new book explains whats next. Lederman and Hill discuss key questions that will occupy physicists for years to come: * Why were scientists convinced that something like the God Particle had to exist? * What new particles, forces, and laws of physics lie beyond the God Particle? * What powerful new accelerators are now needed for the US to recapture a leadership role in science and to reach beyond the God Particle, such as Fermilabs planned Project-X and the Muon Collider? Using thoughtful, witty, everyday language, the authors show how all of these intriguing questions are leading scientists ever deeper into the fabric of nature. Readers of The God Particle will not want to miss this important sequel-- Discusses the importance of the Higgs Boson and the future of particle physics, explaining the forces and laws surrounding the God Particle and the ways the United States can recapture a leadership role in scientific advancement. The physicist authors of Quantum Physics for Poets discuss the importance of the Higgs Boson in 2012 and the future of particle physics, explaining the forces and laws surrounding the God Particle and the ways the United States can recapture a leadership role in scientific advancement. A sequel, of sorts, to the best-selling God Particle, this book by the Nobel-prize winner Lederman in collaboration with his previous co-author Hill, a theoretical physicist of some stature in his own right, takes up where the previous book left off. Now that the Higgs Boson has been discovered, what next? And what does this discovery mean for our picture of reality, for the Standard Model of particle physics and for future investigations? In clear non-mathematical language, the authors take us on a tour of modern physics, from the origins of mass to the mystery of neutrinos, from the basics of weak interactions and how they fit within other, more familiar, forces to a trip into the worlds most powerful particle accelerator. Witty, combining personal anecdote with hard science, this is both a wonderful introduction into the endlessly fascinating world of theoretical physics and a personal story of two of its most prominent practitioners involvement in the ground-breaking discoveries attending it. Annotation ©2014 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Two leading physicists discuss the importance of the Higgs Boson, the future of particle physics, and the mysteries of the universe yet to be unraveled. On July 4, 2012, the long-sought Higgs Boson--aka the God Particle--was discovered at the worlds largest particle accelerator, the LHC, in Geneva, Switzerland. On March 14, 2013, physicists at CERN confirmed it. This elusive subatomic particle forms a field that permeates the entire universe, creating the masses of the elementary particles that are the basic building blocks of everything in the known world--from viruses to elephants, from atoms to quasars. Starting where Nobel Laureate Leon Ledermans bestseller The God Particle left off, this incisive new book explains whats next. Lederman and Hill discuss key questions that will occupy physicists for years to come: * Why were scientists convinced that something like the God Particle had to exist? * What new particles, forces, and laws of physics lie beyond the God Particle? * What powerful new accelerators are now needed for the US to recapture a leadership role in science and to reach beyond the God Particle, such as Fermilabs planned Project-X and the Muon Collider? Using thoughtful, witty, everyday language, the authors show how all of these intriguing questions are leading scientists ever deeper into the fabric of nature. Readers of The God Particle will not want to miss this important sequel.