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First popular science book to introduce and explain what the Large Hadron Collider is, how it works, and what it hopes to discover Discusses the possible risks and dangers associated with the LHC Explains without detailed mathematics how the properties of matter and observational cosmology indicate that particles beyond the standard model must exist
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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“Beech (Univ. of Regina, Canada) has written this work for general readers who are interested in the construction and purpose of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). … it provides a very good description of the physics that the LHC hopes to explore. One can consider the work an examination of modern particle physics and cosmology that uses the LHC as a unifier. … Summing Up: Recommended. General readers and lower-division undergraduates.” (E. Kincanon, Choice, Vol. 48 (5), January, 2011)Authors and Affiliations
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Book Title: The Large Hadron Collider
Book Subtitle: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe
Authors: Martin Beech
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-5668-2
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-5667-5Published: 05 August 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4419-5668-2Published: 29 July 2010
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 218
Number of Illustrations: 129 b/w illustrations, 28 illustrations in colour
Topics: Quantum Physics, Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Popular Science, general