Smashing Physics

Produktbeschreibung

An insider account of the work at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, the discovery of the Higgs particle, and what it means for our understanding of the laws of nature. Butterworth is one of the leading physicists at CERN, and he delivers a working knowledge of the new physics and modern scientific thinking. 

Kritik

[An] excellent account of one of the greatest intellectual adventures of modern times . . . I loved this insider's story of the discovery of the Higgs boson. Roger Highfield Sunday Times 

Autoreninfo

Jon Butterworth is a leading physicist on the Large Hadron Collider, and Head of Physics and Astronomy at UCL. He writes the popular Life & Physics blog for the Guardian and has written articles for a range of publications including the Guardian and New Scientist. Jon often discusses physics in public, including talks at the Royal Institution and the Wellcome Trust and appearances on BBC Radio 4's Today Programme, The Infinite Money Cage, BBC Newsnight, Horizon, Channel 4 News and Al Jazeera. He was awarded the Chadwick Medal of the Institute of Physics in 2013 for his pioneering work in high energy particle physics, especially in the understanding of hadronic jets. His book Smashing Physics was shortlisted for the 2015 Royal Society Winton Prize.