Frank Close

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Elusive: How Peter Higgs Solved the Mystery of MassHardcover, 14 June 2022

Elusive: How Peter Higgs Solved the Mystery of Mass
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Print Length
304 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Basic Books
Date Published
14 Jun 2022
ISBN-10
1541620801
ISBN-13
9781541620803

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*A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice Selection*

The first major biography of Peter Higgs, revealing how a short burst of work changed modern physics

On July 4, 2012, the announcement came that one of the longest-running mysteries in physics had been solved: the Higgs boson, the missing piece in understanding why particles have mass, had finally been discovered. On the rostrum, surrounded by jostling physicists and media, was the particle's retiring namesake--the only person in history to have an existing single particle named for them. Why Peter Higgs? Drawing on years of conversations with Higgs and others, Close illuminates how an unprolific man became one of the world's most famous scientists. Close finds that scientific competition between people, institutions, and states played as much of a role in making Higgs famous as Higgs's work did.

A revelatory study of both a scientist and his era, Elusive will remake our understanding of modern physics.

Product Details

Author:
Frank Close
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
14 June 2022
Dimensions:
25.15 x 16.51 x 2.79 cm
ISBN-10:
1541620801
ISBN-13:
9781541620803
Language:
English
Pages:
304
Publisher:
Weight:
498.95 gm

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