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Collider : the search for the world's smallest particles / Paul Halpern.

by Halpern, Paul, 1961-

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John Wiley & Sons, c2009.

European Organization for Nuclear Research.

Large Hadron Collider (France and Switzerland)

Particles (Nuclear physics)

9780470286203 (cloth)

0470286202 (cloth)

9780470643914 (pbk.)

xx, 260 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-243) and index.

Journey to the heart of the Large Hadron Collider -- The machinery of perfection -- The secrets of creation -- The quest for a theory of everything -- Striking gold : Rutherford's scattering experiments -- Smashing successes : the first accelerators -- A compelling quartet : the four fundamental forces -- A tale of two rings : the Tevatron and the Super Proton Synchrotron -- Deep in the heart of Texas : the rise and fall of the Superconducting Super Collider -- Cashing by design : building the Large Hadron Collider -- Denizens of the dark : resolving the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy -- The brane drain : looking for portals to higher dimensions -- Microscopic black holes : a boon to science or a boom for the world? -- The future of high-energy physics : the International Linear Collider and beyond.

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