[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 *
Like The Lord of the Rings, Smashing Physics takes readers on a long path with many moments of peril and uncertainty to reach the triumphant discovery of the Higgs Boson * Jim Gates, US Science advisor to President Obama *
Like The Lord of the Rings, Smashing Physics takes readers on a long path with many moments of peril and uncertainty to reach the triumphant discovery of the Higgs Boson * Jim Gates, US Science advisor to President Obama *
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 Monkey 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.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781472210319 |
| ISBN 10 | 147221031X |
| Title | Smashing Physics |
| Author | Jon Butterworth |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | John Murray Press |
| Year published | 2014-05-22 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books 2015 |
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